By ABDULWAKIL SAIBOKO
New Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Dar es Salaam on Sunday to
start a historic two-day visit in the country as part of a three African
nations tour which will take him to South Africa and the Democratic
Republic of the Congo.
President Jakaya Kikwete welcomes President Xi Jinping and his wife to Dar es Salaam
President Xi who flew into the country from Moscow, Russia, was received
by the country’s top leadership led by President Jakaya Kikwete at the
Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA).
Other leaders at the airport included Vice-President Dr Mohamed Gharib
Bilal and Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda, among others. Dar es Salaam
residents turned out by their numbers at the airport to get a glimpse of
the Chinese leader whose country enjoys longstanding relations with
Tanzania.
Tanzania becomes the first African country to be visited by President
Jinping since he assumed the presidency of China on March 14, this year.
He was accompanied by his wife, Peng Liyua and various dignitaries from
his country and he is due to sign 17 agreements and give a keynote
speech on relations with Africa, before heading to Durban today to join
an emerging economies summit.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr
Bernard Membe who was also present at the reception yesterday told
journalists earlier that many of the contracts that will be signed will
focus on economic and industrial issues.
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