TANZANIAN President Jakaya Kikwete will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Newcastle on Wednesday as part of his four-day visit to Australia.
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Tanzania is keen to harness the use of Australian vocational trainers and Newcastle University has offered scholarships to Tanzanian students for many years.
Mr Kikwete on Tuesday met with Prime Minister Tony Abbott in Canberra as part of his brief visit, just months before he ends his second and final term as leader of the east African nation.
Mr Kikwete says Australian companies are welcome to develop his nation’s vast gas reserves.
‘‘We invite companies to develop the LNG, make use of the natural gas to produce other products,’’ the president said at the opening of the talks. I’m here to discuss how to further our relationship on a political level.’’
About 18 Australian mining firms have more than 100 operations in Tanzania, which has the second largest gas reserves in east Africa, after Mozambique.
Mr Abbott said he hoped to build on the existing business ties.
‘‘While we are separated by a great ocean, we are reaching out our hands across the ocean,’’ he said. AAP
