JK: Doors wide open for Dutch investors

PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete on Monday held talks with the Netherlands Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Frans Timmermans, where he hailed the support of the Dutch government and welcomed investments in various sectors.

The President who arrived here on Sunday night for an official visit of the Kingdom of The Netherlands at the invitation of the Dutch government said the two countries have enjoyed good relations, economic cooperation and mutual understanding, calling for further strengthening of the partnership.

He welcomed investors in horticulture, particularly in the southern highlands and Zanzibar; in agriculture and manufacturing sectors especially in food processing, textiles, in hide and leather products.

He said Tanzania needed capacity building in oil and gas exploration and in improvement of infrastructure at Mtwara and Tanga ports and expansion of the Dar es Salaam port. He is scheduled to visit the Rijk Zwaan Netherlands Ltd Company which operates in northern highlands and meet some members of the business community and academic institutions.

He will also meet with Princes Maxima at the Hague. Later on he will meet the Netherlands Queen Beatrix who is UN Secretary General Special advocate for inclusive financial development and honorary chair of the G20 ‘global Partnership for Financial Inclusion’.

He is scheduled to go to the Kasteel de Wittenburg where he will have tete-a- tete with Dutch Minister for Economic Affairs, Mr Henk Kamp, the Chairman of the Confederation of Netherlands Industry Employers (VNO-NCW), Mr Bernard Wientjes. There will be a Round Table to be hosted by the Minister for Economic Affairs , Mr Henk Kamp.

Tomorrow the President is expected to tour the Port of Rotterdam and get the development of the new scheme being implemented at Futureland, in Maaslakte.

He will also tour the harbour of Yangtze. Later in the day he will have a tete-a tete with the country’s Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, together with Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Lilianne Ploumen and visit a shell company, before meeting Tanzanians living in the Netherlands. Source the newstz

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