President Nangolo Mbumba has congratulated Botswana's new President, Gideon Duma Boko, and the Umbrella for Democratic Change, following their election victory.

Official talks between Namibia and Botswana, led by President Nangolo Mbumba and visiting President Mokgweetsi Masisi, concluded in Swakopmund this afternoon with a sense that the engagement led to the further strengthening of ties between the two neighbouring countries.

President Nangolo Mbumba, accompanied by First Lady Sustjie Mbumba, arrived in Botswana to attend the memorial of the late President Dr. Hage Geingob, scheduled to take place tomorrow in Gaborone. 

Before the memorial, President Mbumba paid a courtesy visit to Botswana's President, Mokgweetsi Masisi.

President Nangolo Mbumba says the decision by Botswana's government to hold a memorial service for the late President Hage Geingob is a demonstration of historical ties between the two countries.

President Hage Geingob and his Botswana counterpart, Mokgweetsi Masisi, are currently in a closed meeting at State House.

Masisi is on a one-day working visit to Namibia on an invitation by Dr. Geingob.