Hungarian envoy in Tanzania to strengthen diplomatic ties

DAR ES SALAAM: THE Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, Péter Szijjártó, is in the country for a one-day working visit to strengthen diplomatic cooperation between Tanzania and Hungary.

Upon arrival at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, the minister was received by Tanzania’s Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Cosato Chumi, along with other senior government officials.

According to a statement issued by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Minister Szijjártó will hold talks with his host, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Ambassador Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, followed by a joint press conference.

Among many other things, the two leaders will witness the signing of a Bilateral Agreement on the Water Supply Project in Biharamulo District, Kagera Region, and a Memorandum of Understanding between Hungary’s MeOut Company and the Tanzania Digital Innovation Hub on innovation matters.

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Additionally, the two countries will also sign a Memorandum of Understanding between MeOut and the Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture.

The statement further said that the two leaders will participate in the inauguration of the Dar es Salaam Office of the Embassy of Hungary, whose headquarters are in Nairobi, Kenya.

This becomes the second visit of the Hungarian Minister to Tanzania following his first in March 2024.