Mozambique may receive, store excess wheat from Zimbabwe – president

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Mozambique may receive, store excess wheat from Zimbabwe – president

2:11 CAT | 21 Sep 2023

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The president of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, has said that the country is interested in receiving and storing excess wheat production from neighbouring Zimbabwe, after a meeting in New York with his Zimbabwean counterpart, Emmerson Mnangagwa.

“We can also import: with these wheat crises worldwide, it’s very easy for the Machipanda line to bring in wheat,” said Nyusi, after meeting Emmerson Mnangagwa on the sidelines of the 78th annual meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations, which has been taking place since Tuesday in New York. “It’s an opportunity that we’ve been discussing.”

The 318-kilometre Machipanda line connects the port of Beira, in central Mozambique, to Zimbabwe – a country that depends on this route for access to the sea to sell its produce.

“President Mnangagwa once again passed on his experience of wheat production,” said Nyusi, speaking to journalists after the meeting. “Now they’re having some storage difficulties, they’re not managing, and we’re interested.”

The president of Zimbabwe, for his part, emphasised his support for the priorities that both countries have in the region, promising “joint action” on these.

“We continue to share the challenges: we are sister republics,” emphasised Mnangagwa, stressing the “total support” for Mozambique represented by the participation of Zimbabwe’s military in the Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM), in the fight against armed rebels in Cabo Delgado province, in the north of the country.

This morning, H.E. President @edmnangagwa held a bilateral meeting with his Mozambican counterpart, H.E. President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi in New York.
The SADC region is in safe hands. pic.twitter.com/uTgOkncpeT

— Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Int Trade (@MoFA_ZW) September 20, 2023