Brazil accredits Envoy to EAC bloc
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 21st February, 2019: The Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil to the United Republic of Tanzania HE. Antonio A.M. Cesar today presented accreditation letter to the Secretary General of the East African Community, Amb. Liberat Mfumukeko to also serve as Ambassador to the East African Community.
Amb. Cesar informed the Secretary General that his government attaches great importance to regional economic groupings such as the EAC and congratulated the EAC Secretary General for the wonderful regional initiatives.
“Count on Brazil support because the goals of the Community are excellent for the prosperity of the people in the region”, asserted the Brazilian Envoy, adding that “regional integration initiatives take time but you need to continue so as to build a strong and powerful bloc”.
He hailed the EAC as one of the fastest growing RECs in the world and said Brazil and the Southern American Common Market (MERCOSUR) of which Brazil is a member had a lot to learn from the EAC.
While receiving the Brazilian Ambassador, the EAC Secretary General hailed the existing cordial relations between the EAC and Brazil. He welcomed the support from the Brazil Government geared towards enabling the Community to achieve its ambitious agenda.
The Secretary General briefed him on the progress being registered by the Community so far that include implementation of Protocols on the Customs Union, Common Market, East African Monetary Union and Political Federation.
Amb. Mfumukeko further disclosed that the EAC Partner States had started drafting Constitution for EAC Confederation which is the model for a Political Federation that had been adopted by the Heads of State Summit.
He informed the Brazilian Ambassador that the EAC has close working relationships with other RECs in Africa which are all geared towards promoting the African Union's vision of an African Economic Community.
Present at the accreditation occasion were the EAC Deputies Secretary General in charge of Planning and Infrastructure, Eng. Steven Mlote and Hon. Christophe Bazivamo of the Productive and Social Sector.
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Mr Owora Richard Othieno
Head, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Department
EAC Secretariat
Arusha, Tanzania
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Email: OOthieno [at] eachq.org
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The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation of five Partner States, comprising Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.
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