Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the Minister of External Affairs, is all set to embark on a four-day official visit to Tanzania today, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a release.Jaishankar will conduct a range of bilateral events while in the African country.He will reach the Zanzibar islands on Wednesday, July 5, where he will visit a water supply project which is funded by the Government of India. The project, supported through a line of credit by India, is a testament to Indias effort to assist Tanzania in its infrastructural development.He will also meet top leaders from the country in a reception onboard INS Trishul, which is visiting Tanzania.Jaishankar to embark on four-day visit to Tanzania todayRead @ANI Story | https://t.co/htwEPNMsYn#Jaishankar #Tanzania #India pic.twitter.com/ultLHlT5az— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) July 5, 2023Jaishankar will visit Dar-el-Salaam city on Thursday, July 6, where he is scheduled to co-chair the 10th India-Tanzania Joint Commission Meeting alongside his Tanzanian counterpart Stergomena Tax. He will also meet with several Tanzanian Cabinet ministers to discuss bilateral issues.Jaishankar will also visit the Parliamentary Friendship Group for India in Tanzania and inaugurate an India-Tanzania business meeting. He will address the Indian diaspora in Tanzania – estimated to be about 50,000 strong – and inaugurate the bust of Swami Vivekananda in Dar es Salaam.EAM Jaishankar to travel to Tanzania:-co-chair 10th Joint Commission Meeting-Meet members of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for India-Inaugurate an India-Tanzania business meeting-Address diaspora-Inaugurate the bust of Swami Vivekananda pic.twitter.com/hpSDGyAzku— Sidhant Sibal (@sidhant) July 5, 2023Tanzania visit will consolidate bilateral relations: MEAS Jaishankars state visit to Tanzania “will further consolidate the bilateral relations between our two countries,” the MEA said in its press release.Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Tanzania in a high-profile visit in 2016.Thank you Tanzania. This was a remarkable visit and the ground covered during the visit will benefit our two nations immensely.— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 10, 2016The two nations have enjoyed strong relations. Tanzania will become the third country – after UAE and Malaysia – to have an overseas IIT campus. The new campus, which will be named IIT Madras at Zanzibar, will open on October 2023.
