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Mozambique: Nyusi holds courtesy meeting with Botswanan counterpart Mokgweetsi Masisi
1:40 CAT | 13 Jan 2019
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Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday held a courtesy meeting with his Botswanan counterpart, Mokgweetsi Masisi, who is on a private visit to Mozambique.
A press release from Nyusi’s office said the President was accompanied by the First Lady, Isaura Nyusi and by the governor of Maputo Province, Raimundo Diomba. The release gave no hint of what the two men discussed.
Last November Masisi made a state visit to Mozambique. During that visit Nyusi called for increased cooperation in areas such as agriculture, livestock, transport and communications, tourism, mining and energy.
An agreement was signed during Masisi’s visit that will allow Air Botswana to fly to Mozambique. The Botswanan government expects that, by the end of 2019, Air Botswana will be flying to Mozambican destinations. Currently anyone wishing to fly between the two countries must change planes in Johannesburg.
The two sides also agreed to reactivate plans to build a deep water mineral port at Techobanine in the southernmost Mozambican district of Matutuine. This would be used to export Botswanan minerals, notably coal, and would involve building a new railway from Botswana through Zimbabwe to the far south of Mozambique. The project is strongly opposed by environmentalists.
Source: AIM
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