Comoro. Tanzania na Visiwa vya Comoro zimesaini Hati nne za makubaliano kwenye kilele cha mkutano wa kwanza wa Tume ya Pamoja ya Ushirikiano (JPC) kati ya Tanzania na Comoro uliofanyika Julai 24, 2024 jijini Dar es Salaam.
Hati zilizosainiwa katika kikao hicho zinazojumuisha nyanja za ushirikiano wa kidiplomasia, afya, biashara na viwanda pamoja na teknolojia ya habari.
Utiaji saini hati hizo umeshuhudiwa na Waziri wa Ulinzi na Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa, Dk Stergomena Tax na Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje wa Comoro anayeshughulikia nchi za Kiarabu, nchi zinazozungumza Kifaransa, diaspora na utangamano wa Afrika, Mohamed Mbae.
Akizungumza kwenye ufunguzi wa mkutano huo wa kihistoria, Waziri Tax ameelezea umuhimu wa kusainiwa kwa hati hizo kuwa itawezesha pande hizo mbili kuwa na ushirikiano ulio katika mpangilio mzuri katika nyanja husika na hivyo kuleta tija zaidi.
“Pamoja na kutia saini hati za Makubaliano pia tumekubaliana kuendelea kushirikiana katika maeneo mengine mengi ikiwemo miondombinu, nishati, ulinzi na usalama, uchumi wa buluu, utalii, utamaduni, sanaa na michezo na maendeleo ya vijana,” ameeleza Dk Tax.
Mbae ameeleza kufurahishwa na kufanyika kwa mkutano huo wa JPC na kuongeza kuwa umekuwa kiungo muhimu katika kuendelea kukuza na kuimarisha uhusiano na kati ya Tanzania na Comoro.
Ameipongeza Tanzania kwa kuandaa mkutano huo na hivyo kuonesha dhamira ya dhati yake katika kuendelea kushirikiana na Comoro.
Mbali na kusainiwa kwa hati hizo, mawaziri hao wameridhishwa na kupongeza hatua iliyofikiwa katika utekelezaji wa makubaliano na maamuzi mbalimbali yaliyofikiwa kwa pamoja kati ya pande hizo mbili tangu kusainiwa kwa mkataba wa jumla wa ushirikiano mwaka 2009.
Vilevile mkutano huo umejadili na kuweka mikakati ya namna ya kuendelea kukuza biashara baina ya pande hizo mbili.
Mikakati hiyo pamoja na mambo mengine italenga kuwahimiza sekta binafsi kuimarisha ushirikiano wa kiuchumi kati ya nchi hizo mbili. Pia kuchangamkia fursa za kibiashara zilizopo na zile zinazotokana na Eneo Huru la Biashara la Afrika (AfCFTA) na eneo huria la biashara la SADC.
Akizungumza kuhusu mkutano huo, Balozi wa Tanzania nchini Comoro, Saidi Yakubu ameeleza kuwa, Comoro ni mshirika muhimu wa Tanzania katika biashara, ambapo kwa mwaka 2023 Tanzania iliuza nchini humo bidhaa zenye thamani ya Sh148 bilioni.
Ameongeza kusema kuwa makubaliano yaliyofikiwa katika mkutano huo sio tu yataongeza ushirikiano wa kidiplomasia bali yanatarajiwa kuongeza kiasi cha bidhaa ambazo Tanzania inaingiza nchini humo.
Katika mkutano huo ujumbe wa Tanzania umejumuisha wataalamu na watendaji kutoka sekta mbalimbali na umeongozwa na Waziri wa Ulinzi na Jeshi la kujenga Taifa, Dk Stergomena Tax, ambaye pia aliongoza mkutano huo kwa kushirikiana na mwenyekiti mwenza Waziri Mbae wa Comoro.
Source: mwananchi.co.tz
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“As the government, we promise to continue supporting the wider implementation of this service, with the goal of ensuring that this crop insurance service reaches more farmers.”
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