Tanzania: Meeting was a ‘Northern Corridor affair’
Rwandan President Paul Kagame (left) is seen during a virtual Consultative Meeting with Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta (Kenya), Yoweri Museveni (Uganda) and South Sudan’s Salva Kiir in Kigali on May 12, 2020. PHOTO | URUGWIRO
Tanzania did not to attend the EAC Heads of State summit to discuss the coronavirus disease pandemic in the region because the issue was a concern for Northern Corridor countries only, according to Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Co-operation Palamagamba Kabudi.
While addressing the Tanzanian Parliament on May 13, Prof Kabudi said Dar was invited but did not see the need to attend the meeting called by the East African Community (EAC) chairman President Paul Kagame of Rwanda.
