External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will embark upon a four-day official visit to Tanzania from today, July 5 to hold high-level talks and co-chair the 10th Joint Commission Meeting with his counterpart. During his visit, Mr. Jaishankar will first go to Zanzibar from July 5th to 6th, where he will visit a water supply project funded by the Government of India line of credit, call on top leadership, and also attend a reception onboard the Indian Naval Ship Trishul.

The Minister will also meet with the members of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for India and inaugurate an India-Tanzania business meeting. Later, he will address the Indian diaspora and inaugurate the bust of Swami Vivekananda in Dar es Salaam, the release added. India and Tanzania share close and friendly relations. In strengthening the education ties between the two countries, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) will open its first-ever overseas campus in Tanzania’s Zanzibar in October 2023 with a batch of 50 undergraduate and 20 master’s students.