New-look Robert Mugabe International Airport terminal impresses Mozambique

MOZAMBIQUE’S Transport and Communications Minister Mr Mateus Magala has said the new-look Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, which recently underwent a US$153 million facelift, is one of the most impressive infrastructure projects in the region in recent times and is in line with the country’s vision of attaining an upper middle-income economy by 2030.

Mr Magala arrived in the country yesterday to hold bilateral meetings on cooperation in transport and transport infrastructure with his Zimbabwean counterpart, Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona.

Minister Magala, who joined his team of senior and technical officials from the Mozambique Ministry of Transport and Communications, which arrived in the country on Monday, toured the airport yesterday in Harare after being received by Minister Mhona and senior Zimbabwean Government officials.

His visit comes after President Mnangagwa joined his Mozambican counterpart President Filipe Nyusi in witnessing the commissioning of the rehabilitated US$200 million Beira-Machipanda railway line last November.

Speaking at the commissioning of the railway line in Manica, Mozambique, President Mnangagwa said not only will the rehabilitated 318-kilometre railway line reduce transport costs, but it will also ease congestion at Forbes Border Post in Mutare.

In an interview yesterday, Minister Magala applauded Minister M hon a for inviting him to Zimbabwe so that they could exchange notes on transport and transport infrastructure.

“I would like to thank my brother, the Honourable Minister (Mhona) for inviting me to come to Zimbabwe to sit together and advance agendas that our Heads of State have commenced and have directed us to implement.” ◆ Full story on www.herald.co.zw