Nyusi off to Botswana’s Golden Jubilee, expected in Gaborone this afternoon

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Nyusi off to Botswana’s Golden Jubilee, expected in Gaborone this afternoon

3:55 CAT | 29 Sep 2016

File photo of President Nyusi (right) and Botswana's president Ian Khama

President Filipe Nyusi, is expected this afternoon in Gaborone, capital of Botswana, where, at the highest level, he will represent Mozambique in the festivities of the jubilee of the independence of the country of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

In his trip to Botswana at the invitation of president Ian Khama, Nyusi will be received with military honours at the international airport (Seretse Khama), upon his arrival, and will then attend the various moments that will mark the anniversary, with emphasis to political and cultural activities, whose highest point is the release of fire fireworks before midnight.

Also in the wide range of activities to mark the passage of the 50th anniversary of the independence of the Tswana state Nyusi will attend the launch on Friday of Vision 2036, a national development platform in various spheres and aspirations of the country with little more than 2.3 million people.

In fact, it must be noted that Botswana had only six kilometres of paved road when it reached national independence in September 1966. Even the main highway linking the south to the north in a a distance of just over 400 kilometres would only be paved in the post-independence period.

However, the country now registers moments of remarkable economic growth with diamond exploration and exports, along with tourism, constituting the main external sources of revenues which, due to the excellent fiscal and monetary policies, are converted into schools, hospitals, roads and other socio-economic infrastructures.

The jubilee independence anniversary for which the country is coated with the national colors and a lot of euphoria, is a historic moment that comes at a time when the country has been integrated in the list of middle income countries after several decades among the poor of the continent.

Mozambique and Botswana are countries with historical ties of brotherhood and friendship. The Tswana statesman, Ian Khama, made in May a state visit to Mozambique and the two countries sealed a number of agreements aimed at cementing bilateral cooperation in various fields of common interest.

In his visit to Botswana, Filipe Nyusi fshall be accompanied by the Minister of National Defence, Salvador Mtumuke, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Nyeleti Mondlane, the High Commissioner in Botswana, Domingos Fernandes, several members of the presidency and of other state institutions, according to the press release of the Presidency.

Source: AIM