Strengthen cooperation

President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, on Wednesday received in audience the new Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan, Hajime Kimura, with whom he exchanged views on the stage of cooperation between the two countries and the need for their strengthening.

A note from the Presidency of the Republic sent to our editorial staff indicates that, with the experience of Ambassador Kimura, the Government of Mozambique expects the excellent relations of friendship and cooperation between Mozambique and Japan to be boosted.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Verónica Macamo, present at the audience, classified relations between Mozambique and Japan as excellent, adding that as proof of this there has been constant exchange of visits between public and private government entities, as well as an increase in volume of the Japanese investment in Mozambique.

At the political level, Macamo highlighted the exchange of visits at the highest level, the realization of political dialogue and business forums. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation also highlighted the visit of the Prime Minister of Japan to Mozambique in 2014, when the two governments established political and friendly relations.

She also recalled that, in March 2017, the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, made a working visit to Japan to strengthen bilateral cooperation.

Bilateral relations between the two countries are developed through non-reimbursable financial assistance, loans, commercial and mineral projects, electricity, gas, roads and bridges, health and education, among others.

“In the Maputo Corridor, the Maputo Thermoelectric Power Station, the Fish Market in Maputo, the Infulene Health Sciences Institute was built and, with support from Japan, the closure of the Hulene dump is underway,” Verónica Macamo said.