Vice President Saulos Chilima will this Friday attend the 60th Union Day in Tanzania, a statement by the ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.
Meanwhile, a statement by the ministry has indicated that President Lazarus Chakwera has delegated Chilima to attend the ceremony.
Chilima leaves this Thursday, the statement says.
The Union Day marks the agreement between Tanganyika and Zanzibar was formed on 26th April 1964, the union was officially inaugurated by Mwalimu Nyerere, President of Republic of Tanganyika and Sheikh Abeid Aman Karume President of the Revolutionary Government at the Karimjee Hall in Dar es Salaam.