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6:27 CAT | 21 Apr 2022
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The Council of the European Union (EU) decided on Thursday to reinforce the assistance given to the Mozambican armed forces under the European Peace Facility, aiming at making them “operational and self-sufficient” for a total amount of €89 million.
“The Council adopted today a decision amending the assistance measure for support to the Mozambican Armed Forces under the European Peace Facility (EPF) adopted in November 2021, adding a further amount of €45 million, the structure that brings together EU member states announced in a statement.
According to the EU Council, “this additional support brings overall EPF support for Mozambique to €89 million in total”.
The assistance measure aims to strengthen EU support for capacity building and the deployment of the units of the Mozambican Armed Forces trained by the EU Training Mission in Mozambique (EUTM Mozambique)”.
“This support consists of the provision of integrated packages of equipment and supplies in conjunction with EU training missions.,” adds the announcement. Specifically, “the aim is to ensure that the training is as efficient and effective as possible, enabling EUTM-trained troops to be fully operational and self-sufficient upon deployment,” it reads.
Through this assistance measure, the EU “will finance equipment to benefit the eleven Mozambican companies to be trained by the EUTM, including individual and collective equipment, ground mobility assets, as well as a field hospital,” adds the EU Council.
The @EUCouncil adopted 2day a decision amending the assistance measure for support to Moz🇲🇿 Armed Forces under the European Peace Facility, adding a further amount of €45M. This additional support brings overall EPF support for Moz🇲🇿 to €89M. Full note: https://t.co/uasuOKl57m
— Antonio Sánchez-Benedito Gaspar (@SBeneditoEU) April 21, 2022
Last October, the Council of the EU approved the launch of the EUTM to ensure a more efficient and effective response by the Mozambican armed forces to the crisis in Cabo Delgado province by providing them with training and capacity building.
In November, the Council adopted a measure assisting with €44 million to Mozambique in support of the Mozambican military units trained by the EU training mission in Mozambique.
The European Peace Facility was established in March 2021 to finance all Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) actions in military and defence areas, with the aim of preventing conflict, preserving peace and strengthening international security and stability. In particular, the European Peace Facility allows the EU to finance actions designed to strengthen the capacities of third states and regional and international organisations as regards military and defence matters..
The first EU military mission in Mozambique, dedicated to training troops to face the armed insurgency in Cabo Delgado, started on 3 November with an official ceremony at the Katembe Independent Fusiliers Company, Maputo.
The two-year mission, which is expected to have 140 training troops, comes in response to the Mozambican government’s request for help in preparing its troops.
The northern province of Cabo Delgado has been the target of armed attacks, which have led to the suspension of key gas projects for the country.
The region faces a humanitarian crisis with 817,000 displaced people, according to government figures, in a conflict with 3,100 dead according to the ACLED conflict registration project.
The mission will not involve military operations but will deploy around 140 military divided between two training centres, one for commandos in Campo Militar do Dongo (Chimoio, in the centre of the country) and another for marines in Katembe, opposite the capital in Maputo bay.
Pleased to be part of the integration ceremony of the most recent military contingents from Greece,Romania & France that arrived to join the @EUTMMozambique training force already in country🇲🇿, ow totaling 9 #EU🇪🇺 member states with civilian and military personnel on the ground. pic.twitter.com/lDX5Nc6c3p
— Antonio Sánchez-Benedito Gaspar (@SBeneditoEU) April 21, 2022
Source: Lusa
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