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Browsing: East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project
Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassana’s first state visit to Uganda has signaled the revival of East Africa’s energy arena.
President Samia made her first trip outside Tanzania as head of State on Sunday, April 11, since she took oath of office on March 19 following the death of her predecessor John Pombe Magufuli, who succumbed to heart disease last month.
Samia met her Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and agreed to support and show their commitment to the realisation and implementation of the strategic East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project.
The agreement was made on Sunday at the State House in Entebbe during the bilateral talks.
Accelerating the Uganda-Tanzania Energy Relationship
In May 2017, both countries signed the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) on the implementation of the project.
The last meeting regarding the project was held in September 2020 between Museveni and the late Tanzania president John Magufuli at Chato, …