An Equatorial Guinea delegation arrived ahead of their President Teodoro Obiang Nguema’s official visit.
President Nguema left Harare on Tuesday and was seen  off by Acting President John Nkomo, service chiefs and           several Government officials at the Harare International  Airport.
The MoU, signed by Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Nicholas Goche and his Mines, Infrastructure and Energy   counterpart Minister Marcelino Owono Edu, seeks to boost mutual understanding and co-operation between the two countries.

It also seeks to enhance development and strengthen the existing friendly relations and review co-operation in the oil sector.
The MoU will develop co-operation in capacity building for Equatorial Guinea and promotion of investments and joint ventures.
Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea agreed to develop programmes in areas such as education and training, public administration, defence and security, support for Equatorial Guinea’s industrialisation programme, agriculture, agro industry and livestock production.

The two countries agreed to set up specific projects in         mining, infrastructure development, communication and commerce.
Technical experts from both countries would develop programmes and projects for consideration as a matter of urgency.

Equatorial Guinea also requested for a comprehensive list of consumer goods produced in Zimbabwe.
Speaking after the signing ceremony, Minister Goche hailed the MoU signing as an indication of the growing bilateral relations between the two countries.
“Zimbabwe is fully committed to the implementation  of the MoU and we are looking forward to corresponding  visits by our officials to push forward its  implementation.”

He said Zimbabwe would keep up to date developments towards the implementation of the MoU.
Minister Owono Edu urged both countries to work hard towards the full implementation of the MoU.
“It is now up to us to put together what we have into practice,” he said.
Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea committed themselves   to immediately start working on the implementation of  the MoU so that the programmes are in place within three months.

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