President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah returned from her introductory visits to Botswana and Zambia on Friday evening.
The President's visits were aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between Namibia and the two neighboring countries.
Speaking to nbc News, Press Secretary Dr. Alfredo Hengari said the President's visits to the two countries focused on economic partnerships, energy, and logistical infrastructure development.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah's first stop was in Botswana, where she met with President Duma Boko.
"The question of energy, with Namibia becoming an oil-producing country in the next four years, saw the two leaders commit to working jointly on a refrainer that will not only serve Namibia and Botswana but the region at large. Both leaders also spoke about diamond prices, as diamond polishing countries, noting that the prices of diamonds have been a bit lower. The two leaders decided to look at mechanisms to strengthen the hand of diamonds from Botswana and Namibia because these are quality gems to see how best the two countries can maximize value from the diamond sector."
The two heads of state also touched on the hosting of the Binational Commission.
"Both President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and Boko directed the ministers responsible for international relations to find a date as soon as possible for a binational commission to be held, to be co-chaired by both presidents, because the last one was held in Botswana and it is Namibia's turn now to host the second binational commission."
The last visit was in Zambia on Thursday afternoon, where the Namibian leader met with President Hakainde Hichilema to discuss economic cooperation in the areas of energy, agriculture, and transport infrastructure development.
"The two leaders held official talks focusing on trade facilitation and how Namibia and Zambia can ensure better movement of goods and services, specifically through the Walvis Bay-Dollargulumbashe development corridor. An agreement was reached to address any issues that are obstacles to better facilitation and movement of goods. The two leaders also agreed that with Namibia becoming an oil-producing country, Zambia would like to benefit from that resource as a neighboring country. Therefore, the question of building pipelines to move oil from Namibia to Zambia and developing the dry port facility in Zambia to capture more trade and movement of goods and services from Walvis Port was on the agenda."