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8:13 CAT | 10 Feb 2023
Photo: Presidente Filipe Nyusi/Facebook
The President of Switzerland, Alain Berset yesterday reaffirmed his commitment to supporting development projects in Mozambique, visiting the town of Mueda, in central Cabo Delgado, a province that has faced an armed insurgency for five years.
“I would like to confirm Switzerland’s commitment to the country’s development, in particular with regard to sustainable economic development for the entire population”, said Alain Berset, alongside the Mozambican President, Filipe Nyusi.
On the second of a three-day visit to the country, Berset landed in Mueda on a Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM) plane to be greeted by Nyusi, who was waiting for the inauguration ceremony of the Metical Square.
The Metical Square’s enclosure includes leisure and sports spaces, in addition to a sculpture alluding to the Mozambican currency, one of the symbols of the country.
Mueda is a town which has escaped the fury of the armed conflict, unfolding a few dozen kilometres away, and therefore is a place hosting many internally displaced people (IDPS).
President of 🇲🇿 @FNyusi & Swiss🇨🇭 President @alain_berset visiting UNHCR protection space in Mueda.
This is one of the 15 UNHCR protection spaces that provide Mental health and psychosocial assistance to displaced people in Cabo Delgado. pic.twitter.com/OTPvUxaM8U
— UNHCR Mozambique (@UNHCRMozambique) February 9, 2023
Alain Berset strolled through the village and visited one of the reception centres for people fleeing rebel-hit areas.
“I feel truly honoured to be in Mueda, a place with a lot of historical significance”, Berset stressed, in a district that was the birthplace of the struggle for Mozambican independence.
“Switzerland is a friendly confederation, not just now”, highlighted Filipe Nyusi, noting that “it was also a friend of Mozambique during the liberation struggle and also long before”, through cooperation missions.
On Wednesday, in Maputo, Alain Berset had announced a program worth US$123 million (115 million euros) to create basic services such as water and electricity in the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Niassa and Nampula over the next four years.
Alain Berset is the first Swiss president to travel to Mozambique, in a visit that ends on Friday.
Source: Lusa
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