Busan City Signs Sister City Agreement with Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa Hub City

Agreement Signing at 6 PM on the 15th with Mayor Park Hyung-jun, Regional Chief, and Dar es Salaam Mayor

Promoting Exchange and Technical Cooperation in Ports, Logistics, Fisheries, ICT, Education, Transportation, and Waste Management

Busan City will sign a sister city agreement with Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, at 6 p.m. on the 15th at the Westin Chosun Hotel.

At the signing ceremony, Busan Mayor Park Hyung-jun, Albert John Chalamila, Regional Commissioner of Dar es Salaam, and Omary Said Kumbilamoto, Mayor of Dar es Salaam, are expected to attend and sign the agreement in person.

On February 24th, the Busan City working-level delegation visited Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Dar es Salaam is located on the eastern coast of the African continent. It is one of the most prosperous cities as a gateway and foothold of East Africa, and it is Tanzania's number one port city as well as an administrative and trade center.

In particular, as a central port of the Indian Ocean, it plays a key role in Tanzania's transportation system, making its geographical conditions similar to those of Busan, a port city connecting the Eurasian continent and the Pacific Ocean.

Tanzania has enormous development potential due to its natural conditions and its status as a gateway and logistics hub in East Africa. It is a very important country in South Korea's diplomacy toward Africa, and since establishing diplomatic relations in 1992, Tanzania and the Republic of Korea have built a future-oriented relationship through exchanges of high-level officials such as presidents, prime ministers, and speakers of the National Assembly.

This sister city agreement was first discussed when Busan Mayor Park Hyung-jun met with Tanzanian Foreign Minister Mwaluma in April last year, during which Minister Mwaluma proposed signing a sister city agreement. In November of the same year, during a meeting with Angela Mabula, Tanzanian Minister of Lands, the minister also expressed willingness to sign the sister city agreement.

Accordingly, in February, a Busan City working delegation visited Tanzania directly and met with the Regional Commissioner of Tanzania to personally deliver a letter from the Busan mayor regarding the sister city agreement. Through such active exchanges between the two cities and countries, this sister city agreement has come to fruition.

This sister city agreement is the third this year, following agreements signed in May with Mombasa County, Kenya, and Luanda Province, Angola.

Once this sister city agreement is signed, Busan City and Dar es Salaam, a major gateway city in East Africa, will promote mutual exchanges and technical cooperation in various fields such as ports, logistics, fisheries, information and communication technology (ICT), education, transportation, and waste management. They will also collaborate on human exchange projects, tourism, and urban greening industry development.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun said, “South Korea and Tanzania have maintained cooperative relations in various fields such as economy, culture, and tourism. Especially with the signing of this sister city agreement, our city, a global hub, and Dar es Salaam, a major gateway city in East Africa, will engage in active exchanges in various fields including ports, logistics, ICT, and waste management. We expect this to be an opportunity to broaden Busan’s urban diplomacy horizon.”

After the sister city agreement is signed, the city will hold a reception to welcome officials from Dar es Salaam visiting Busan. Mayor Park Hyung-jun will personally preside over the reception, reintroduce the charm and potential of Busan to the Dar es Salaam officials, and discuss ways to expand practical exchanges between the two cities.

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