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Tanzania's President John Pombe Magufuli has commended Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta's nomination of Ambassador Amina Mohamed for the position of African Union Commission Chair and assured her of Tanzania's endorsement.
Amina Mohamed is Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs. She joins the race after the withdrawal of Uganda's Dr. Wandira Kazibwe.
Magufuli gave the assurance as he started a two-day state visit to Kenya, his first on Monday. The visit focussed mainly on trade, with Kenyatta and Magufuli agreeing to revive meetings under the Joint Cooperation Commission (JCC) to boost trade and development ties between Kenya and Tanzania.
They agreed that the first meeting - that will pave the way for close cooperation in areas of mutual benefit to the two countries -be held in Dar-Es-Salam at a date to be set by Kenya's Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed and her Tanzanian counterpart Augustine Mahiga.
Kenyatta and Magufuli addressed the press on Monday, saying the two countries have directed their Foreign Ministers to organise a JCC meeting as soon as possible.
"Our officers should hasten the holding of this important forum. I am confident that reviving these talks will strengthen our relations," Kenyatta said.
The last time the two countries met within the framework of the JCC, a framework instituted to prioritize matters of mutual bilateral interests, was in September 2012 in Kenya.
Kenyatta thanked Magufuli for honouring the invitation, saying the first visit to Kenya by the Tanzanian leader signified the warm and cordial relations that have existed between the two countries since independence.
"One can say without fear or favour that Kenya and Tanzania have shared principles that bind us together," Kenyatta said.
Amina Mohamed is Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs. She joins the race after the withdrawal of Uganda's Dr. Wandira Kazibwe.
Magufuli gave the assurance as he started a two-day state visit to Kenya, his first on Monday. The visit focussed mainly on trade, with Kenyatta and Magufuli agreeing to revive meetings under the Joint Cooperation Commission (JCC) to boost trade and development ties between Kenya and Tanzania.
They agreed that the first meeting - that will pave the way for close cooperation in areas of mutual benefit to the two countries -be held in Dar-Es-Salam at a date to be set by Kenya's Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed and her Tanzanian counterpart Augustine Mahiga.
Kenyatta and Magufuli addressed the press on Monday, saying the two countries have directed their Foreign Ministers to organise a JCC meeting as soon as possible.
"Our officers should hasten the holding of this important forum. I am confident that reviving these talks will strengthen our relations," Kenyatta said.
The last time the two countries met within the framework of the JCC, a framework instituted to prioritize matters of mutual bilateral interests, was in September 2012 in Kenya.
Kenyatta thanked Magufuli for honouring the invitation, saying the first visit to Kenya by the Tanzanian leader signified the warm and cordial relations that have existed between the two countries since independence.
"One can say without fear or favour that Kenya and Tanzania have shared principles that bind us together," Kenyatta said.