"We hope that the future Magellan Strait route, like the current Cape of Good Hope, although its status declined due to the emergence of the Suez Canal, can be revived because of your country's rise."
Cape of Good Hope once fell sharply in status due to the opening of the Suez Canal, while at that time, East Africa was beginning to make a mark on the African Continent, but the economic level was not high.
However, the turning point appeared in the 1990s, as East Africa seized a large amount of West Coast territory from Portugal, and to develop the west, the Cape of Good Hope became the main passage for ships between the two sides of East Africa, which once again promoted the revival of Cape of Good Hope shipping.
