Mozambique and Malawi agree to strengthen defence cooperation

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Mozambique and Malawi agree to strengthen defence cooperation

7:59 CAT | 03 Jul 2023

Photo: Domingo

At a meeting of the Joint Commission on Defence and Security between Mozambique and Malawi, held on Friday in the Malawian city of Blantyre, the two governments agreed to work to combat jointly the cross-border crimes that are damaging both countries.

According to a press release from the Mozambican Defence Ministry, those crimes include terrorism, illegal immigration, trafficking in human beings and in drugs, poaching, contraband of minerals, and other environmental crimes.

Collaboration between the two countries in defence and security, the release said, will be undertaken through sharing information, training, strategic knowledge and other aspects which make possible greater specialisation and enhancement of human and material resources.

The meeting was chaired by the two defence ministers, Cristovao Chume of Mozambique, and Harry Nkandawire of Malawi.

For Chume, the purpose of defence and security committees is to discuss the various threats that Mozambique and Malawi face within and along their borders. He urged the defence and security institutions of the two countries to implement fully the decisions taken by the meeting.

Chume reiterated Mozambique’s commitment to seek lasting solutions for peace and stability in the countries of southern Africa. Bilateral cooperation, he added, should be strengthened at provincial, district and local level, which would make it possible to attain the objective for which the commission had been established.

Nkandawire expressed his satisfaction at the fact that Mozambique and Malawi have recorded notable growth in the defence and security areas.

The previous meeting of the Commission was held in Maputo in 2022. The two delegations assessed the degree of implementation of the decisions taken then.

Source: AIM