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AfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> TANZANIA has offered unconditional release of all 1,789 Ethiopian prisoners as a gesture of the existing long-standing brotherly relations between the two countries dating back to the 1960s.<\/p>\n

In yet another development, President John Magufuli and his Ethiopian counterpart President Sahle-Work Zewde have directed the Joint Commission of the two nations to meet between March and April to lay down mechanisms for implementing strategies of strengthening bilateral cooperation.<\/p>\n

President Magufuli disclosed this after holding talks with President Zewde, who arrived yesterday in the country for a one-day official visit.<\/p>\n

The two leaders directed Tanzanian and Ethioipian government officials responsible for the Commission to meet to discuss bilateral matters.<\/p>\n

President Zewde landed at Chato airport, Geita Region, at around 10am and was met by her host President Magufuli and other high-ranking government officials before they proceeded to the Chato State Lodge for talks.<\/p>\n

Their meeting lasted for over two hours, and Tanzanians were eager to hear what the two leaders discussed.<\/p>\n

The released Ethiopian prisoners were nabbed after entering the Tanzanian soil illegally.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have spoken about allowing them to go back to their country…I told her that there is no condition, we will release them freely,\u201d Dr Magufuli stated.<\/p>\n

He said transporting those Ethiopians back to their home country was easy since the Ethiopian Airlines has big planes operating between Addis Ababa and Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro airport and Zanzibar.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of these prisoners have stayed for seven years, let them go and participate in economic development activities for their country…this is a gesture for the good relations between the two countries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

President Magufuli said his counterpart has promised him that she would work on the matter when she returns back to her country.<\/p>\n

Tanzania and Ethiopia have had good relations since the formation of the then Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963. OAU is the forerunner of the current African Union (AU).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have continued strengthening the relations in different areas, including trade and tourism,\u201d President Magufuli said.<\/p>\n

Trade volume between Tanzania and Ethiopia has risen from 1.5bn\/- to 13.5bn\/- in 2012 to 2019 respectively.<\/p>\n

Statistics indicate that the balance of trade between the two countries has increased from 946.8m\/- in 2012 to 12bn\/- in 2019, with Tanzania selling more to Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

President Magufuli also noted that the Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) has registered13 projects worth 14.57 million US dollars from Ethiopia from the 1990s to 2020.<\/p>\n

Ethiopia also offered its experts to do designing for the ongoing Nyerere Hydropower project in Rufiji which will produce 2115MW.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thanked her for the experts who came to do the design for the project, and I updated her over the development of this project,” the president said.<\/p>\n

The two countries have been cooperating in the area of air transport with 75 Tanzanian pilots and 20 aero engineers studying in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

Ethiopia’s economy is leading in Africa, with a growing rate of 9 per cent. The Horn of Africa country has the largest livestock in Africa, making it the continent’s best destination for leather and meat factories.<\/p>\n

President Magufuli invited Ethiopian investors to come and invest in Tanzania to enable Tanzanians gain experience in the leather industry.<\/p>\n

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, Ethiopia leads with an overwhelming 60.39 million cattle while Tanzania comes in second place with 33.9 million cattle.<\/p>\n

President Magufuli requested President Zewde to relocate land for Tanzania to build its embassy in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

Initially, Ethiopia had relocated the land for Tanzania to build its embassy but it revoked it after Tanzania failed to develop the structure.<\/p>\n

President Magufuli attributed the failure to misuse of funds intended for the project by the then Tanzania Ambassador to Ethiopia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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