Algeria offered Petronas to bid for an oil exploration project in Algeria while negotiations are also in the pipeline for Malaysian companies to build highway and specialist hospital in Tanzania, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak . Datuk Seri Najib Razak said UEM Group Bhd was seeking to build a tolled highway that would connect the city with surrounding regions.
"The highway is important as the Dar es Salaam port is also the gateway for Rwanda, Zambia and Burundi to import and export their goods," he said.
He also said there was also a plan for a Malaysian healthcare provider to build a specialist hospital in this city.
Najib said the matters were discussed when he met Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete on the sidelines of the dialogue.
“Khazanah (Nasional Bhd), which owns the second biggest healthcare provider in the world, may explore the possibility of building a specialist hospital in Dar es Salaam that can even meet the needs of the people in surrounding nations as well,” he told Malaysian newsmen at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Center here today.
Najib is in Tanzania for the Global Smart Partnership Dialogue 2013, which began on Friday and ends yesterday.
The biannual event brings together presidents, prime ministers, civil servants and leading representatives from labour, academia and business.
Najib also held talks with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Friday.
The landlocked east African country has asked for Malaysia’s help to add value to its economic products. For example, it earns very little revenue from coffee beans which it exports to Europe.
“Museveni hopes companies from Malaysia can enter into smart partnerships to build coffee processing facilities in Uganda and to help the country earn much more.
“He is also keen on our companies taking a role in energy production in Uganda,” said Najib.
On Saturday, Najib met with Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal.
“Algeria wants to deepen ties with Malaysia. A potential sector for collaboration is oil exploration. The Algerian government is inviting Petronas to make a bid to team up with oil exploring firms in the country.”
Najib later left the Tanzanian city for London.
He also added saying that Malaysia would host the Smart Partnership Dialogue in 2015.
The dialogue serves as a platform for heads of governments, business leaders, scientists and academicians to meet and discuss ideas and experiences related to science, technology and innovation and how it can boost socio-economic development.
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