Diplomats eye Namibia’s economic potential
Namibia’s growing importance as an emerging energy, oil and gas and investment destination was placed in the international spotlight yesterday when President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah received letters of credence from six newly accredited ambassadors and high commissioners at State House in Windhoek. The diplomats from Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Denmark and Chad used... The post Diplomats eye Namibia’s economic potential appeared first on New Era .
Namibia’s growing importance as an emerging energy, oil and gas and investment destination was placed in the international spotlight yesterday when President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah received letters of credence from six newly accredited ambassadors and high commissioners at State House in Windhoek.
The diplomats from Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Denmark and Chad used the occasion to outline plans for stronger cooperation with Namibia in sectors ranging from offshore oil and gas and green hydrogen to tourism, education, technology and trade.
Speaking after the accreditation ceremony, Namibia’s foremost diplomat and international relations minister, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, said the country is determined to ensure diplomatic relations bring direct economic benefits.
“What we are trying to do on the whole is really to put economic content in our bilateral relations,” she said.
Ashipala-Musavyi said government is using international partnerships to advance the priorities of the eighth administration and the country’s development agenda.
Brazil
Brazil’s ambassador Pedro de Castro da Cunha E Menezes highlighted cooperation in Namibia’s growing offshore oil and gas sector, saying his country is ready to share decades of experience.
