Najib arrives in Tanzania for the Global Smart Partnership Dialogue

DAR ES SALAAM (TANZANIA) – Datuk Seri Najib Razak arrived here last night to attend the Global Smart Partnership Dialogue.

The prime minister's aircraft landed at the Julius Nyerere International Airport here at 9.20pm local time Friday (2.20am Malaysian time Saturday).

He was accompanied by his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Idris Jala, and Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa.

They were greeted on arrival by Tanzanian Minister for Communication, Science and Technology Prof Makame M. Mbarawa at the airport named after this country's founding father.

Najib will be joining 14 others heads of states and governments from African countries for the two-days dialogue starting tomorrow at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre, Dar Es Salaam, the country’s commercial capital.

The Malaysian premier is scheduled to leave on Sunday night for London for a working visit there. -- BERNAMA

Najib and Rosmah chat with Tanzanian Minister for Communication, Science and Technology Prof Makame M. Mbarawa at the Julius Nyerere International Airport. - Bernama

(Source: http://www.nst.com.my)