Philippine Ambassador to Kenya Marie Charlotte G. Flavor paid a politeness contact Guv Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir of Mombasa Area throughout her browse through to the city of Mombasa on 21-23 April 2024. Both authorities reviewed their common rate of interest in heaven economic climate, with the Philippines being an archipelagic nation and Mombasa being a significant port city along the Indian Sea shore.
Guv Nassir stated the recurring facilities tasks and the development of a brand-new unique financial area in Mombasa and welcomed the Philippines to come to be a companion in sustaining the area’s growth objectives. He likewise shared Mombasa’s want to pick up from the very best techniques of port cities in the Philippines, consisting of by participating in sister-city plans.
Ambassador Flavor applauded Guv Nassir and the area federal government for their initiatives to bring growth to the residents of Mombasa. She likewise stressed the worth of advertising people-to-people exchanges with Mombasa, consisting of with tourist and sporting activities. Amb. Flavor likewise paid a politeness phone call to Captain William Ruto, the Handling Supervisor of the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA).
Capt. Ruto defined the Philippines as a leader in heaven economic climate and kept in mind that every ship that anchors at the Mombasa Port is most likely to have a Filipino seafarer in it, a testimony to the solid existence of the Philippines in the international maritime market. Both authorities even more talked about possible partnership on capacity-building in the market.
Adhering to the conference, KPA authorities gave Ambassador Flavor with a scenic tour of the centers of the Mombasa Port, among the busiest ports in East Africa which solutions not just Kenya however likewise the landlocked nations of Uganda, Burundi, and Rwanda, in addition to the eastern areas of the Autonomous Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Mombasa, the tiniest of the 47 areas in Kenya, has actually kept its centuries-old setting as a center for local and global profession. Mombasa City is the earliest in Kenya and is the nation’s second-largest after Nairobi. Mombasa’s great coastlines and abundant social heritage, together with the existence of a significant global port, flight terminal, and train, have actually long made the city a preferred location both for visitors and capitalists.
Dispersed by APO Team in support of Division of Foreign Matters, Republic of the Philippines.
