During the first half of 2009 Sweden will exercise the local European Union Presidency responsibilities in Tanzania.
This is done since the Czech Republic as Presidency of the EU council the first six months of this year does not have any Embassy in Dar es Salaam.
From July 1st Sweden will take over the Presidency of the EU council for the second half of 2009. Thus the Embassy of Sweden will continue to represent the EU Presidency in Tanzania until December 31st.
- I look forward to working closely with my EU colleagues and our Tanzanian counterparts during the whole year in the efforts to further strengthen the relations between the Europan Union and Tanzania, says the Swedish Ambassador Staffan Herrström.