South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is on Thursday visiting neighbouring Mozambique to participate in the 53rd anniversary of Eduardo Mondlane’s assassination at the hands of the Portuguese secret police in Tanzania, the presidency has announced.
Mondlane, killed by a letter bomb in 1969, was the founder and first president of the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo), the presidency said.
Responding to Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi’s invitation, Ramaphosa is undertaking the visit in his capacity as chair of the Southern African Development Community’s Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, the presidency added.
Following the anniversary ceremony, the South African president will visit troops participating in the SADC Mission in Mozambique whose task is to contain an Islamic insurgency in northern Mozambique.
“The working visit will further deepen existing economic, political, cultural and social relations between the two countries,” the presidency said.
The office added that the working visit is also providing the two leaders with an opportunity to discuss bilateral, continental and global issues – and reaffirming their commitment to further cooperate closely on multilateral issues.
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