Diplomatic Tête-à-Tête on ATCL Flights to GuangZou, China…

Tanzania’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Liberata Mulamula (R) Meets China’s Ambassador to Tanzania, Her Excellency, Ambassador Wang Ke in Dodoma

By TZ Business News Staff .

Tanzania’s Minister of  Foreign Affairs and East African Co-operation, Ambassador Liberata Mulamula has held  ‘business talks’  with  the Chinese Ambassador  to Tanzania,  Her Excellency, Ambassador Wang Ke in Dodoma.

The talks during the last week of April 2021 focused on strengthening relations between China and Tanzania in the areas of  business, investment, and economy. 

A statement released after the talks says one of the issues discussed concerned Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) starting flights between Dar es Salaam and  Guangzou, China  every after  two weeks. The Government owned carrier had planned to launch flights to China in March  this year but had to postpone the launch due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Ambassador Mulamula’s tête-à-tête with Her Excellency Ambassador Ke was part of  a meeting spree with several envoys this week.

MEETING SPREE

Discussions in all these meetings at Tanzania’s administrative Capital, Dodoma, focused on investments, business and the economy. Tanzania is in the midst of a shift from political diplomacy of the past to a new diplomatic orientation described by the late President Benjamin William Mkapa as “Economic Diplomacy”.

Ambassador Mulamula held talks with the French envoy to Tanzania, His Excellency Ambassador Frederick Clavier, and  the Israeli Ambassador to Tanzania, His Excellency Obed Joseph.

Ambassador Mulamula talks to French envoy to Tanzania, His Excellency Ambassador Frederick Clavier (L)

In talks with the Israeli envoy, Ambassador Mulamula gave thanks to Israel for taking Tanzanian youth for theoretical and practical training in agriculture. She also insisted that Israel should  establish a permanent diplomatic mission in Tanzania.

Ambassador Mulamula meets the Israeli Ambassador to Tanzania, His Excellency Obed Joseph (L)

 The Foreign Affairs Minister’s discussions with Her Excellency Regina Hess, Ambassador of  the Federal Republic of  Germany in Tanzania,  focused on health, education,  natural resources, tourism,  business and investments.

Ambassador Mulamula (R) talks to Her Excellency Regina Hess, Ambassador of  the Federal Republic of  Germany in Tanzania

The focus shifted to air transport  when Ambassador Mulamula met His Excellency Ambassador Peter Van Acker, Belgiam’s Ambassador to Tanzania.  The two diplomats  talked about co-operating in the sector of air transport, and co-operating  on agriculture and clean water distribution.   

Ambassador Mulamula meets Belgium’s Ambassador to Tanzania, His Excellency Ambassador Peter Van Acker (L)