Mozambique and China signed on Monday, in Maputo, a memorandum of understanding whereby they will take joint measures to facilitate cooperation and exchange of experiences, and the technical training of Mozambican sports leaders. The memorandum, initialed by the Mozambican Minister of Youth and Sports, Pedrito Caetano, and the Vice-President of the Chinese Olympic Committee, Yu Zaiqing, should enable the technical training of Mozambicans in soccer, basketball and martial arts. Speaking at the ceremony, Caetano said that based on this memorandum, Mozambican athletes will train in high performance Chinese centres.“This will bring added value to the country because we will include the activities that we intend to accomplish in a joint annual plan”, said Caetano. Also under this memorandum, China will provide technical support and equipment for the All-Africa Games to be held in Maputo in September. To this end, according to Caetano, the Chinese authorities will be given a list of equipment and materials needed.The cooperation relationship between Mozambique and China dates from the time of Mozambique’s liberation struggle and in recent years has been extended to the sports area, said the Minister, stressing the Chinese role in building the new national sports stadium, inaugurated by President Armando Guebuza on 23 April.For his part, Yu Zaiqinq said that in the signed memorandum there are agreed principles and disciplines covered in the sports cooperation area which will allow a new era of communications and exchange of experiences between both parties.Yu explained that this initiative is in response to a visit that Caetano made to China in March during which the parties agreed to further enhance cooperation and communication in sports.
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