Mozambique: President Nyusi receives envoy from the President of Botswana

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Mozambique: President Nyusi receives envoy from the President of Botswana

2:35 CAT | 19 Oct 2020

Photo: Presidency of the Republic

President Filipe Nyusi held a meeting in Maputo on Friday with the special envoy of his Botswana counterpart, President Mokgweetsi Masisi. The meeting addressed, among other issues, peace, security and development.

Six months after visiting Mozambique – one of the first trips he made abroad after taking office as president of Botswana – Mokgweetsi Masisi sent diplomat Lapologane Legoa to meet Filipe Nyusi.

On the Mozambican side, the meeting was attended by defence and security officials including Minister of the Interior, Amade Miquidade; the director general of the State Intelligence and Security Services, Júlio Jane; and the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces for the Defence of Mozambique, Lázaro Menete.

“This meeting stems from the excellent diplomatic relations between our countries and there are sectors of cooperation that should be discussed. Our countries cooperate in various areas such as energy, agriculture, transport and communications, tourism ”and others “of interest to both countries,” Manuel Mazuze, spokesman for the meeting and adviser to the President of the Republic of Mozambique, said.

Asked about the presence of cadres related to defence and security at the meeting, the advisor to the Head of State responded in the following terms. “Peace and security is one of the prerequisites for achieving” aspects related to development. So, sometimes, ”themes of this nature“ are addressed ”in meetings such as the one which happened today”. Manuel Mazuze further clarified that the matter in question was not much discussed, adding: “But these issues are part of the cooperation meetings.”

When asked whether, given the proximity between the two countries, terrorism was among the matters discussed, Mazuze replied that the issue was not an agenda item.

Mozambique currently chairs the SADC, and Botswana the SADC Troika that deals with cooperation in the areas of politics, defence and security.

Source: O País