Mozambique: Government intends to help remove all SADC movement barriers

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Mozambique: Government intends to help remove all SADC movement barriers

3:50 CAT | 22 Jan 2024

Photo: Ministry of Transport of Zimbabwe /X

Mozambique’s government expressed its commitment on Thursday to removing all barriers to the mobility of people and goods and to trade in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), advocating reforms to achieve this goal.

“As the government of Mozambique, we reiterate our total willingness to jointly implement various initiatives that will allow for the removal of all barriers to mobility and trade,” said the minister of transport and communications, Mateus Magala.

Magala was speaking during a meeting with Zimbabwe’s minister of transport and infrastructure development, Félix Mhona, as part of the Mozambican minister’s visit to Harare, Zimbabwe.

Magala stressed the importance of Mozambique in eliminating obstacles to the movement of people and goods in southern Africa, given that the country has rail and port infrastructures that give access to the sea and allow international trade from neighbouring landlocked states.

The SADC must work to implement reforms aimed at improving accessibility and mobility for people and goods, he said.

Mateus Magala highlighted Mozambique’s commitment to improving the efficiency of the Beira, Maputo and Nacala corridors, which allow neighbouring countries to trade internationally.

Magala pointed to this month’s start of uninterrupted operation of the Machipanda border crossing, which links Mozambique and Zimbabwe, as an important step forward in boosting economic and trade ties between the two countries.

Minister Hon FT Mhona today delivered a key note address at the Zimbabwe-Mozambique bilateral meeting on Cooperation in Transport and Infrastructure, emphasizing that investments in infrastructure such as road & railways are crucial to development of our region#AfricanAgenda2063 pic.twitter.com/gK55ddZQp7

— Ministry of Transport – Zimbabwe (@MinistryofTID) January 18, 2024