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2:58 CAT | 08 Jun 2022
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Verónica Macamo on Tuesday met Nicolas de Rivière, France’s permanent representative to the United Nations, with whom she discussed Mozambique’s candidacy for non-permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council.
France is the fourth permanent member of the United Nations body that the Mozambican delegation has met.
At the end of the meeting, the French diplomat said that his country was ready to support Mozambique’s candidacy to the Security Council, not least because it considers Mozambique’s presence important for the body.
Very good exchange with Minister Verónica Macamo of Mozambique, on the candidacy of her country for a seat in the Security Council in 2023-2024.
We are looking forward to working with you. France and Mozambique share key priorities and the same commitment to international peace. pic.twitter.com/stG9AtJzIO
— Nicolas de Rivière (@NDeRiviere) June 7, 2022
“France is eagerly awaiting Mozambique’s accession to the Security Council in 2023 and 2024. I am sure that we will have a lot of work to do. I am sure that Mozambique will bring a lot of southern African experience to the Security Council. It has experience in cooperation with the United Nations and experience in resolving conflicts in a peaceful way, so I am sure that France and Mozambique will cooperate very well together,” the diplomat said.
France is among the European countries at the forefront of the fight against Islamic extremism in the Sahel region in Africa, and Mozambique faces the same problem in the north of its own territory. Its participation in the Security Council is therefore seen as opportune for a well-coordinated international response to the terrorism.
For her part, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation thanked France for its willingness to support Mozambique before the election and also after, saying that the meeting had deepened the conviction that France had made the right choice to join international efforts to guarantee peace and security in the world.
The Mozambican delegation has not yet managed to meet with the Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the United Nations, as its permanent representative, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, is not in New York at this time.
Also yesterday, Minister Macamo participated in the United Nations General Assembly that elected Csaba Kőrösi of Hungary president of the its 77th session, while Mozambique’s Pedro Comissário Afonso was elected president of Committee Number Six, the primary forum for the consideration of legal questions in the General Assembly.
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