India, Tanzania plan to conclude strategic partnership next week during Presidential visit
Samia Suluhu Hassan is planning a trip to India early next week as India and Tanzania aim to upgrade ties to strategic partnership.
Defence ties with Tanzania have received a major boost in the last few years as the South East African state has shown keenness to purchase Indian military equipment and expand maritime security partnership, officials told ET. The Indian Army chief visited Tanzania this week.
In recent years, India and Tanzania have been cooperating in the field of defence training in Indian institutions.
Over 550 Tanzanian defence personnel have been trained in India. On the request of the late President John Magufuli, an Indian Military Training Team (IMTT) has been deployed at Command and Staff College, Arusha, since December 2017.
The High Commission of India organised a DefExpo on May 30, 2022, in Dar es Salaam in association with the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence & Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers.
The country is emerging as an anchor for India’s outreach in South East Africa and Southern Indian Ocean Region. Hydrography is another advancing area of cooperation between the two countries.
Indian naval survey ships have conducted hydrographic surveys of Tanzanian ports and prepared navigational charts.
Tanzania also hosts the first IIT campus abroad (Zanzibar) set up earlier this year and is India’s biggest development partner in Africa.
Several MoUs are planned to be signed during the Presidential trip besides document elevating ties to strategic partnership. Over the years India has extended several concessional Lines of Credit to Tanzania.
India and Tanzania share a vibrant economic, commercial, and business ties and trade in national currencies has been put in
