PRESIDENT SAMIA CALLS FOR ACTION TO TACKLE NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has called for concrete action to address the widening global North-South divide in a bid to create a just international economic order.

To this effect, the President urged fellow world leaders to deepen strategic partnerships in financial, trade, investment and economic areas.

 “In times like these, in which we face serious global challenges, the international community should be united, not fragmented, and should be willing to take collective measures in addressing issues of global concern, such as poverty, climate change, health, food insecurity, conflicts, and others,” she said.

President Samia made the remarks today during the BRICS–Africa Outreach and BRICS plus Dialogue, held in the margins of the 15th BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.

She urged global leaders to find a way to address deeply-rooted and self-reinforcing structural problems, including the existing international financial architecture that inhibits developing states from accessing long-term and affordable financing for development.

The President also underscored the continued relevance and validity of multilateralism, which stands as a key pillar in addressing most of the global geopolitical challenges.

She commended the BRICS group of countries for their efforts towards the advancement of the South-South as well as the African Agenda for growth, development and integration. 

The summit is being held under the theme “BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development and Inclusive Multilateralism”

Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Mhe. Samia Suluhu Hassan ametoa wito wa kutafuta namna ya kukabiliana na changamoto ukiwemo mfumo wa kimataifa wa kifedha, unaozuia upatikanaji wa fedha za muda mrefu na za gharama nafuu kwa ajili ya maendeleo katika nchi zinazoendelea.

Ametaka kuwepo jitihada maradufu na matokeo ya namna ya kushughulikia tofauti za kaskazini-kusini mwa dunia ili kuwa na mkakati thabiti wa kifedha, biashara, uwekezaji na ushirikiano wa kiuchumi ulio na msingi wa uchumi wa kimataifa.

Rais Samia ameyasema hayo katika kilele cha majadiliano ya mkutano wa 15 wa wakuu wa nchi za Brazil, Urusi, India, China na Afrika Kusini (BRICS) uliofanyika jijini Johannesburg.

Katika kipindi hichi ambacho dunia inakabiliwa na changamoto nyingi, Rais Samia amesema Jumuiya ya Kimataifa lazima iwe moja na iwe tayari kupambana na masuala kama umaskini, tabianchi na upungufu wa chakula.

Mbali na mkutano huo Rais Samia amekutana na viongozi mbalimbali kwa mazungumzo ya mkutano wa BRICS akiwemo Rais wa China Mhe. Xi Xinping, Waziri Mkuu wa Bangladesh Mhe. Sheikh Hasina, Rais Lazarus Chakwera wa Malawi, Rais Macky Sall wa Senegal na Rais Ebrahim Raisi wa Iran.

Katika mazungumzo na viongozi hao baadhi wamekubaliana kuimarisha uhusiano na ushirikiano baina ya nchi hizo hususan katika nyanja za biashara, kilimo na ujenzi wa miundombinu.

Rais Samia ameshiriki mkutano huo kwa mwaliko maalum wa Rais Cyril Ramaphosa wa Afrika Kusini, ambapo nchi za BRICS zimejadili na kuamua kuongeza wanachama wapya 6 wakiwemo Saudi Arabia, Misri, Umoja wa Falme za Kiarabu, Argentina, Ethiopia na Iran.