DAR ES SALAAM, April 19 (Xinhua) -- A senior Tanzanian government official said on Thursday plans were afoot to upgrade the country's diplomatic missions overseas.

The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Susan Kolimba, told the National Assembly in the capital Dodoma that the government has come up with a 15-year plan to build, purchase and upgrade embassy offices in various foreign countries.

Kolimba said implementation of the plan started in the 2017/18 fiscal year, adding that currently the government is rehabilitating residential houses and offices of Tanzanian embassies in Harare, Kampala, Beijing, Pretoria and Cairo.

The deputy minister added that the government was also rehabilitating embassy buildings in Lilongwe, Kinshasa, Washington DC, Addis Ababa and Muscat.