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Balozi wa Tanzania nchini India, Mhe. Baraka Luvanda (kulia), akimkabidhi Rais wa India Mhe.
Ram
Nath Kovind,
hati ya utambulisho kutoka kwa Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Mhe. Dkt. John Pombe Magufuli. | |
SPEECH BY
HIS EXCELLENCY BARAKA HARAN LUVANDA AT THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS
CEREMONY, RASHTRAPATI BHAWAN, NEW DELHI, 19TH SEPTEMBER 2017
Honourable
President Ram Nath Kovind,
Excellencies,
Ladies & Gentlemen,
It
is a great pleasure and honour for me to present my credentials today as the
14th High Commissioner of the United Republic of Tanzania to the Republic of
India. It is, indeed heartening that I present the same to the 14th President
of this Great nation.
Permit
me to convey to Your Excellency the best wishes of His Excellency Dr. John
Pombe Joseph Mgufuli, President of the United Republic of Tanzania to the
Government and the People of the Republic of India.
India
and Tanzania established formal diplomatic ties in 1961 and 1962, respectively.
For many years then, the relationship was largely driven by the shared
ideological commitments to anti-colonialism, anti-racism, south-south
cooperation and the non alignment policies. Today, whilst the strong historical
foundations have been emulated, there has been a pragmatic policy shift with an
increased emphasis being placed on greater and diversified socio-economic,
technical and cultural exchanges.
The
recent and historic high-level visits to spur these bilateral engagements
include that of former President Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete to India in June
2015 and the visit to Tanzania by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July 2016.
In
addition to our bilateral cooperation, there has been a mutually agreed
approach towards our multilateral commitments in the area of peace and
security, democracy, equity, good governance and the rule of law.
Your
Excellency, there could no better frameworks for me to start off my call of
duty in India than the existing ones. I am hopeful and determined to scale up these
bilateral exchanges to even greater heights.
Thank you,
(BARAKA HARAN LUVANDA)
HIGH COMMISSIONER OF THE UNITED
REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA TO INDIA
New
Delhi, September 19, 2017.