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Turkey And Zimbabwe Sign 15 More MoUs In Education, Health, ICTs

1 year agoThu, 26 May 2022 10:47:58 GMT
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Turkey And Zimbabwe Sign 15 More MoUs In Education, Health, ICTs

Zimbabwe and Turkey have drafted 15 memorandums of understanding (MOUs) in areas of education, health and ICTs as they consolidate economic engagement.

According to Alfred Mutiwazuka, Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to the European country, trade between the two countries was currently low. He told local reporters on a tour of the country on Wednesday:

The volume of trade between Zimbabwe and Turkey is very disappointing right now.

But we are working very hard to ensure that we increase the volume of trade between Zimbabwe and Turkey. We are looking at agriculture, construction, mining and big infrastructure projects between Zimbabwe and Turkey. As of now there is a big NRZ (National Railways of Zimbabwe)/ Yapi Merkez (deal), which is a Turkish company. We hope that it takes off very soon because this will make a very big change in the railway sector in Zimbabwe.

This report as we speak is probably with the NRZ or the government and it is not yet published, we are hoping that as soon as our government buys into the assessment report then we will be able to see something happening very soon in Zimbabwe.

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I have heard three discussions as of now with board members of the Turkish Airlines, who have indicated very positive news to us that in the short term probably before the end of the year, we will see Turkish Airlines flying to Zimbabwe.

He said Zimbabwe and Turkey signed a bilateral service agreement (involving) Air Zimbabwe and Turkish Airlines in 2017 adding that what was only left for the agreement was to operationalise.

Meanwhile, there seems to be a lack of feedback on the government with regards to previously signed agreements – “mega deals.”

For instance:

a). On 25 October 2019, The Herald-Zimbabwe reported that “NRZ in Russian locomotive, wagon deal.”

b). In 2021 The SundayMail reported, “NRZ-Turkish deal takes off.”

c). In 2021 ZBC reported, “NRZ seals investment deal with a Turkish firm.”

d). On 26 May 2021 the Zimbabwean embassy in Turkey reported, “NRZ-Turkish deal takes off.”

e). This week the Herald reported, “Indonesian firm wants to partner NRZ.”

Members of the public do not know what happened after the deals were signed or after takeoff as the NRZ remains dysfunctional. 

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