Muscat: Qais Mohammed Al Yousef, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion received in his office on Monday Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax, Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation of the United Republic of Tanzania.
The meeting reviewed areas of cooperation between the two countries in commerce and investment sectors.
It also touched on means of boosting the bilateral relations and augmenting volume of trade exchange.
The two sides also discussed the potential of establishing direct shipping lines between the ports of the two countries to import agricultural and animal products from Tanzania, as well as exporting iron and aluminium products from Oman.
The meeting was attended by Pankaj Khimji, Foreign Trade and International Cooperation Adviser at Ministryof Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion, Saud Hilal Al Shithani, Ambassador of Oman to Tanzania, Abdullah Kilima, Ambassador of Tanzania to Oman and a number of officials from both sides. - Times of Oman
