Mozambican President Daniel Chapo received assurances on Saturday (15) of support from the United Nations (UN) for the country’s development projects, following a meeting with the organisation’s secretary-general, António Guterres, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Lusa reported.
‘Before the start of the summit, we had a meeting with UN Secretary General António Guterres, who showed full support for Mozambique in its development projects and political and economic stability,’ reads Daniel Chapo’s message, posted on his official Facebook account.
The government official considered the support promised by Guterres to be a ‘great motivation’ to continue making efforts for the country’s development, giving priority to ‘dialogue and unity among Mozambicans in solving our problems’.
The President is taking part in the 38th Ordinary Session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), which is taking place in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.
The head of state has already held meetings with the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, and said they had discussed ‘issues of common interest to our countries’. Chapo also met with the Mozambican President, Samia Hassan Suluhu, and the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina.
The African Union is meeting from Saturday (15) until this Sunday in Addis Ababa for its 38th summit and the central theme is the payment of reparations for colonial domination, but the debates will inevitably be dominated by regional conflicts and the lack of security.
The war that has been going on for nearly 30 years in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and which has intensified in recent months, pits the rebels of the 23 March Movement, with logistical and military support from Rwanda, against the government army, which has troops from Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa on its side.
This dispute, which threatens to turn into a regional war, has as its backdrop the very rich and important reserves of minerals and metals that are fundamental to world industry and technology.
Angolan President João Lourenço promised on Saturday (15), the day Angola takes over the rotating presidency of the AU, to put his experience at the service of peace and security on the African continent and to launch a vast plan to attract investment and funding.
In his speech accepting the rotating presidency of the AU, João Lourenço addressed the ‘immense problems linked to peace and security’ on the African continent, ‘which constitute a blocking factor’ to all initiatives and actions for the development of these countries, promising to put his experience at the service of the African Union in the search for solutions for peace and the implementation of economic and social policies that promote progress on the continent.
