Mozambique and the United Arab Emirates will sign a set of memorandums to strengthen bilateral cooperation, as part of a working visit that Filipe Nyusi is making to Abu Dhabi.
The four-day visit of the President of the Republic to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) began on Sunday, 23 October, and came at the invitation of his counterpart, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Tiago Castigo, Mozambique’s ambassador to the country told the media in Abu Dhabi.
As part of the visit, according to the source, the sides will sign at least one agreement for economic and technical cooperation, but there are two other memorandums of understanding still being drafted: one on defence cooperation and the other on counter-terrorism.
“There are also contacts to establish a visa waiver agreement on diplomatic and service passports and we want this agreement to be extended to normal passports as well. It is also our concern that there be a direct air link between the two countries, and the Minister of Transport and Communication, Mateus Magala, will hold meetings in this area,” the ambassador explained.
Recent data released by the Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA) pointed the United Arab Emirates as the fifth among Mozambique’s main trading partners, with the volume of trade between the two countries reaching US$550 million in 2019.
