Dar es Salaam, Jan. 26 -- TANZANIA has offered unconditional release of all 1,789 Ethiopian prisoners as a gesture of the existing long-standing brotherly relations between the two countries dating back to the 1960s.

In yet another development, President John Magufuli and his Ethiopian counterpart President Sahle-Work Zewde have directed the Joint Commission of the two nations to meet between March and April to lay down mechanisms for implementing strategies of strengthening bilateral cooperation.

President Magufuli disclosed this after holding talks with President Zewde, who arrived yesterday in the country for a one-day official visit.

The two leaders directed Tanzanian and Ethioipian government officials responsible for the Commissi...