Dar es Salaam, Dec. 7 -- TANZANIA and Zambia governments have embarked on    intergovernmental talks on conversion of Tanzania Zambia Mafuta (TAZAMA) pipeline to transport finished petroleum products.

Equally, Zambia has appealed to Tanzania to export natural gas to the Southern Africa country to meet its energy needs and avert deforestation aggravated by the use of firewood and charcoal as source of cooking energy.

The Minister for Energy, January Makamba revealed this on the sideline of a two-day intergovernmental conference which commenced in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday.

He said the development follows the Zambia government energy reforms that have changed the fuel supply chain which also aimed at mitigating environmenta...