Mozambique wants more dynamic cooperation with Kenya

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Mozambique wants more dynamic cooperation with Kenya

12:31 CAT | 10 Aug 2023

Photo: Twitter / @DrAlfredMutua

The Mozambican minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, Verónica Macamo, on Wednesday called for “greater dynamism” in cooperation with Kenya, through the “intensification” of bilateral economic relations, in anticipation of the Kenyan president’s visit to Maputo on Thursday.

“It is urgent to give greater dynamism to the implementation and monitoring of agreed activities in order to give cooperation greater quality and dynamism and raise economic relations to the level of our interaction in the political and diplomatic sphere in favour of our peoples,” said Macamo.

The head of Mozambican diplomacy, who was speaking during the second session of the joint cooperation commission between the Republic of Mozambique and the Republic of Kenya, which preceded the visit of Kenyan President William Ruto to the country.
Emphasising that trade and economic ties between Mozambique and Kenya are still incipient, Macamo noted the need to intensify cooperation in areas already identified and to explore new opportunities to overcome problems such as hunger and poverty.

“The leaderships of our countries are committed to increasing bilateral cooperation as an instrument to promote synergies and mutual complementarities in the fight against poverty and the pursuit of sustainable development in our countries,” Macamo emphasised.

Kenya’s minister for foreign affairs and diaspora affairs, Alfred Mutua, advocated for deepening economic and trade ties among countries on the continent, noting that African nations export and import more from other continents.

“The pan-African spirit must be recovered for trade and business as well, because the colonial paradigm remains, where economic ties are more pronounced with the countries that colonised the countries of the continent,” Mutua stressed.

Africa must act to remove the obstacles that hinder the smooth flow of economic co-operation between countries on the continent, he continued.

The Kenyan diplomatic chief argued that intra-African co-operation can accelerate gains against poverty on the continent, considering the huge potentials that exist.

Source: Lusa