Mozambique and Tanzania will begin next year the implementation process for a shared border project budgeted at around US$400,000 (€344,000), an official Mozambican source announced on Friday.
“We activated the process of defining the land border, where we will build intermediate markers along the border in order to make it clearer,” said Armando Chavana, director of borders at the National Institute of the Sea and Borders of Mozambqiue.
According to Chavana, the plan also includes measures to reaffirm the river border along the Rovuma River, covering around 320 kilometres along the shared frontier between the two Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states.
Armando Chavana explained that the project costs will be shared between Mozambique and Tanzania, including operational expenses, logistical resources and the mobilisation of technical teams for fieldwork.
“Everything here is carried out along the shared border. In that sense, the costs are split equally, as are the number of technicians, the number of vehicles — everything is divided equally,” he said,following a bilateral meeting between the two countries in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam.
The director of borders at the National Institute of the Sea and Borders added that the meeting took place “in a climate of harmony and commitment between the parties”, highlighting the bilateral understanding aimed at strengthening the management and clarification of the shared border between Mozambique and Tanzania.