Foreign Relations
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Tanzania
enjoys good relations with its neighbours in the region and in recent
years has been an active participant in efforts to promote the peaceful
resolution of disputes. It is a member of international and regional
groupings and is also committed in other bilateral and multilateral
arrangements. Tanzania also helped in peace talks to end conflict
in Burundi and supports the Lusaka agreement concerning the conflict in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Tanzania has also played an active
role in hosting refugees from neighboring countries including
Mozambique, DR Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda. In March 1996,
Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya revived discussion of economic and regional
cooperation. These talks culminated with the signing of an East African
Cooperation Treaty in September 1999, which should in time lead to
economic integration through the development of the East African
Community.
The EAC entry point is establishment of a
Customs Union and Common Market under which protocols for its
establishment are envisaged to be concluded within a period of four
years starting November 1999. Further stages of integration is the
creation of a Monetary Union and ultimately a Political Federation. The
EAC aims at strengthening the economic integration of these countries
on a selective and pragmatic basis, including facilitation of trade
through harmonization of tariffs, payments, transport, movement of
people, and harmonization of other areas of common interest i.e.
political, social and cultural fields.
Tanzania is the only country in East
Africa which is also a member of the Southern African Development
Community (SADC) since its establishment in early 1980s. The SADC is a
Community of 13 countries, namely Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi,
Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania,
Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Democratic Republic of Congo. The SADC Member
States have ratified the Trade Protocol (25th, Jan. 2000)
aimed at establishing a free trade area for the liberalization of
intra-SADC trade in goods and services, and adoption of relevant trade
laws (anti-dumping, subsidies, countervailing duties and safeguards
measures)
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