Mozambique and Tanzania will start the process of developing a shared border project at a cost of around $400 000 (R6.8m) next year, according to a Lusa report carried by Club of Mozambique.
The project will include the installation of intermediate markers along the land border and the reaffirmation of the river boundary along the Rovuma River, covering about 320 kilometres of the shared frontier between the two Southern African Development Community member states.
The process was confirmed by Armando Chavana, director of borders at Mozambique’s National Institute of the Sea and Borders, after a bilateral meeting between the two countries in Dar es Salaam.
“We activated the process of defining the land border, where we will build intermediate markers along the border in order to make it clearer,” Chavana said.
Operational expenses and logistical resources, including the mobilisation of technical teams to the site, will be shared between Mozambique and Tanzania,
“Everything here is carried out along the shared border. In that sense, the costs are split equally, as are the number of technicians, the number of vehicles – everything is divided equally,” Chavana said.
He added that the meeting took place “in a climate of harmony and commitment” highlighting that there was a bilateral understanding between the countries to strengthen the clarification and management of the shared border.
