Mozambican PR receives guarantees of support for development projects from the UN

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Mozambican PR receives guarantees of support for development projects from the UN

11:11 CAT | 17 Feb 2025

FILE - For illustration purposes only. [File photo: Angela Weiss / AFP]

In a meeting with the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Saturday, the President of Mozambique, Daniel Chapo, received guarantees of continuing support from the United Nations for the country’s development projects.

“Before the start of the summit, we held a meeting with the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres, who demonstrated full support for Mozambique in its development projects and political-economic stability,” reads a message from President Chapo posted on his official Facebook account.

Chapo considered the support promised by Guterres a “great motivation” to continue making efforts to develop the country, prioritizing “dialogue and unity among Mozambicans in resolving our problems”.

President Chapo is participating in the 38th Ordinary Session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia.

The Mozambican head of state has already held meetings with the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, and said they discussed “matters of common interest to our countries”. Chapo also met with the President of the Republic of Tanzania, Samia Hassan Suluhu and the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina.

The theme of the African Union’s 38th summit is the payment of reparations for colonial
domination, but the debates will inevitably be dominated by regional conflicts and the lack
of security.

The war that has persisted for around 30 years in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and which has intensified in recent months, pits the rebels of the March 23 Movement, with logistical support and Rwandan military personnel, against the government army, which has troops from Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa on its side.

This dispute, which threatens to turn into a regional war, has as its backdrop the very rich and important reserves of ores and metals that are essential for global industry and technology.

Angolan president João Lourenço promised today, the day on which Angola assumes the rotating presidency of the African Union, to put his experience at the service of peace and security on the African continent and to launch a comprehensive plan to attract investment and financing.

In his speech accepting the rotating presidency of the AU, President Lourenço addressed the “immense problems linked to peace and security” on the African continent, “which constitute a blocking factor” to all initiatives and actions for the development of these countries, promising to put his experience at the service of the African Union in the search for solutions for peace and the implementation of economic and social policies that promote the continent’s progress.

Source: Lusa