South Africa and Kenya to boost bilateral relations to increase trade volume

South Africa and Kenya are hard at work to revitalize their bilateral relations with a view to increasing the volume of their trade. And already, the two countries see in the air transport sector an essential lever to achieve their common objectives. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta hammered it again on August 11, during the virtual meeting with South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor.

“Our two countries occupy strategic positions in their respective regions; therefore, our cooperation is not only useful to our countries, but also to our respective regions. I think that our cooperation is also essential for the whole continent ”, declared the Kenyan president, who notably proposed a commercial partnership between Kenya Airways and South African Airways (being restarted). But before, to see this common ambition materialize, the two personalities announced the raising of the status of the Kenya-South Africa Joint Cooperation Commission (JCC) from the rank of a ministerial instrument to that of a binational commission of heads of state. “.

An upgrade that should make it possible “to explore areas of cooperation in order to strengthen economic ties and activate the commitments of the two countries in order to extend cooperation within the various sectors”. We are talking here about two major sub-regional powers, Kenya and South Africa, which are among the world’s largest producers of tea and minerals, respectively.