DAR ES SALAAM, June 2 -- PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan is expected to undertake a state visit to Russia from tomorrow to Friday at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin.

According to a statement released yesterday by the Directorate of Presidential Communications, this visit is historic as it will be only the second by a Tanzanian Head of State to Russia, following one by the Founding Father of the Nation, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, in October 1969.

The visit will further strengthen the longstanding diplomatic, political, economic and historical relations that exist between the two countries.

During the visit, President Samia will hold official talks with her host, President Putin, at the Kremlin in Moscow. The discussions will focus...