Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday stressed the importance of the Mission IT (India and Tanzania) while interacting with the members of the Indian community in Dar es Salaam.

Sharing the purpose of his visit, the EAM was quoted as saying by ANI, "That IT (India-Tanzania) mission addresses some of the most important priorities of this country today."Apart from the 'Mission IT', during his interaction with the Indian community, EAM Jaishankar also highlighted the strong India-Africa connection, especially the deep links that New Delhi shares with East Africa."

"We have a strong relationship with Africa. It is something which partly comes out of our shared struggle for freedom during the colonial period but within that we have a particularly close connection with East Africa. And again, within that I think some parts of India are particularly closely linked," he said.

"All of you, as members of the Indian community living in Tanzania, working in Tanzania, visiting Tanzania, I think you can hold your head high that our friendship, our relationship, our partnership today will make a difference to the everyday life of a Tanzanian," Jaishankar said.