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Pemba and Aberdeen sign Memorandum of Understanding – AIM report
6:53 CAT | 15 Feb 2018
Councillor John Reynolds of Aberdeen City Council in Scotland and Mayor of Cabo Delgado province capital city of Pemba Tagir Carimo signing the MoU in Pemba this morning. Photo: Twitter @UKinMozambique
The mayor of the northern Mozambican city of Pemba, Tagir Carimo, and Councillor John Reynolds of Aberdeen City Council in Scotland on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding in Pemba, according to a press release from the British High Commission in Maputo.
The agreement, said the release, “paves the way for enhanced cooperation on trade and businesses, job creation and skills, and shared opportunities between the two cities”, and marks the strengthening of a partnership which began in 2013, when the then Mozambican President, Armando Guebuza, visited Aberdeen.
It’s official.#MoU signed. @HCJKuenssberg spoke of new strength 4 partnerships for C. Delgado and #Moz to make the most from gas projects; reiterated #UK support to sustainable develpmnt/transparency, with #Moz and @AberdeenCC partners working together. https://t.co/iAQvahUIX0 pic.twitter.com/gBstjkrlJn
— UK in Mozambique (@UKinMozambique) February 15, 2018
Reynolds said: “Aberdeen and Pemba share a number of common goals. Like Pemba, Aberdeen is an international city with a global outlook and we look forward to working together. The signing of this Memorandum of Understanding is great news for the prosperity of both our cities and we look forward to new opportunities for future growth”.
He added that since Guebuza’s visit four years ago “we have seen a number of high-level visits and trade missions in both directions.” Those contacts led to the proposal for a memorandum of understanding that would establish a more formal framework focused on cooperation for trade development.
Cited in the release, the British High Commissioner, Joanna Kuenssberg, said this step “gives Pemba and Aberdeen a new framework for future partnership. I am delighted that British – and especially Scottish – expertise can help Mozambique’s transformation. A number of Mozambican and Scottish companies and officials will be able to collaborate and cooperate in sharing information and implementing programmes aimed at building mutual prosperity for the people of Mozambique and the UK”.
The main area of cooperation is certainly the oil and gas industries. Pemba is the nearest large city to the Rovuma Basin in the far north of Mozambique, where enormous reserves of natural gas have been discovered in recent years. Consortia headed by the Italian energy company ENI and the Texas-based Anadarko, plan to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Aberdeen has been at the centre of the Scottish oil industry since the mid-1970s. The release says that “Aberdeen’s oil and gas sector companies are well placed to share expertise and develop with Pemba, and Mozambique widely, opportunities for creating jobs and improving skills and businesses”.
Source: AIM
Cllr John Reynolds of @aberdeencc speaking about the #Aberdeen experience of prate sector development. Global brands originating in #Aberdeen. pic.twitter.com/45uuAf2KFB
— Joanna Kuenssberg (@HCJKuenssberg) February 15, 2018
I’m in Mozambique with High Commissioner @HCJKuenssberg, as the City of Aberdeen prepares to sign an MOU with the City of Pemba to strengthen their economic partnership. Great news for SMEs in both cities ?? @AberdeenCC @UKinMozambique pic.twitter.com/lg6boT4QnV
— Elena Williams (@AfricaTradeUK) February 15, 2018
In Mozambique a special song was written to celebrate new Pemba-Aberdeen O&G partnership @AgilityAfrica @tradegovuk @HelioCumbi @HCJKuenssberg pic.twitter.com/SxYsEkMb72
— Deanne de Vries (@deannedevries) February 15, 2018
Source: AIM
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