The governments of Mozambique and Tanzania will begin next year the process of implementing their shared border, in a project valued at around USD 400,000, the Director of Borders at the National Institute of the Sea and Borders, Armando Chavana, announced on Friday, 15 May.
“We have activated the process of defining the land border, where we will build intermediate markers along the border to make it clearer,” said Chavana at the end of a bilateral meeting between the two countries in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
According to the official, the plan also includes efforts to reaffirm the river boundary along the Rovuma River, covering about 320 kilometres along the shared border between the two member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Chavana explained that the project costs will be shared between Mozambique and Tanzania, including operational expenses, logistics, and the mobilisation of technical teams for fieldwork.
“Everything here is carried out along the shared border. In that sense, the costs are split in half, as is the number of technicians, the number of vehicles — everything is divided equally,” he added.
The Director of Borders at the National Institute of the Sea and Borders stressed that the meeting took place in an atmosphere of harmony and commitment between the parties, highlighting bilateral agreement to strengthen the management and clarification of the shared border between Mozambique and Tanzania.
Source: Lusa
