Uganda’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Paul Amoru has met Veiccoh Nghiwete, the Ambassador of Namibia to South Africa at the latter’s office.
The two principals observed the existing strong bilateral relations between the two African countries.
“They also appreciated the existing diplomatic relation demonstrated by the appointment in 2018 of respective Honorary Consuls to Windhoek and Kampala. The two pledged to follow up draft agreements in areas such as cooperation in tourism, education, agriculture and immigration matters. They also observed that there is a high potential of trade between Uganda and Namibia,” statement from Amb.Amoru’s office said.
Some of the products traded between Nambia and Uganda include coffee, fish, maize flour and beef processing.
During the meeting, the Namibian envoy said he was happy that Uganda has a developed tourism and hospitality industry.
“There is close collaboration between hospitality industry of Namibia and the Uganda Tourism and Hotel Training Institute, Jinja. This is exhibited by the several Ugandans working in hotels around Namibia as well as Ugandan expatriates teaching in Namibia’s hospitality training institution.”
Amb. Amoru used the opportunity to seek Namibia’s support for Uganda’s candidature for re-election to the International Telecommunications Union Council for the period 2022-2026.
The election is set for September 26 to October 14 during the Plenipotentiary conference in Bucharest, Romania.