Press Release: President Barroso visits Tanzania to strengthen political dialogue and launch major poverty reduction programmes

The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, accompanied by European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, will visit Tanzania on 21 July 2012.

He will meet with the President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete and senior ministers of the government. The visit will contribute to reinforce the high-level political dialogue and economic cooperation with Tanzania. Six new development programmes will be launched to improve access to water and sanitation, strengthen the road transport sector and rural road infrastructure, as well as good governance and social accountability.

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European Commission: Memo/12/584: EU Development Work in Tanzania http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/12/584&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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