EU to deploy CSDP mission in Mozambique

Lisbon, May 29 (Prensa Latina) The European Union (EU) Defense Ministers proved their interest in possible deployment of a Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) military training mission in Mozambique as part of their analysis on strengthening EU-Africa alliance.

May 29, 2021
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In addition to the situation in northern Mozambique regarding attacks by terrorist groups on civilian population, EU´s defense ministers also tackled down on the political instability in Mali.

The CSDP mission in Mozambique will be set in three months and will be conducted by the Portuguese military and seven other nations the Portuguese Defense Minister Joao Cravinho did not mention.

Since 2017, attacks by terrorist groups on the northern Mozambique have left 2,740 dead and 700,000 displaced.

At the meeting, the European Commission presented its plan for a supposedly peaceful transition in Belarus worth €3 billion. Minsk has been EU´s center of attention, since it forced a plane to land on Sunday due to an alleged bomb threat on aboard.

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