Africa-Press – Mozambique. The President of Mozambique, Daniel Chapo, assured this Sunday the “common will” to deepen cooperation with Spain, after meeting with King Felipe VI of Spain at the Royal Palace in Seville.
“This meeting was an opportunity to reiterate the bonds of friendship and cooperation between Mozambique and the Kingdom of Spain, as well as to reaffirm our common will to deepen bilateral relations in the political, economic, cultural and social fields”, reads a message posted on the Mozambican President’s Facebook page.
Daniel Chapo arrived in Spain yesterday for a working visit which lasts until Thursday, the Mozambican Presidency announced, noting that the President will also participate in the United Nations Conference on Financing for Development, which is being held in Seville, that country.
In the note released on Sunday, Daniel Chapo also stated that Mozambique values Spain’s role as a “strategic partner” of the country, and that it will continue to work to strengthen the partnership for the benefit of the peoples of both countries.
Around 60 world leaders and 4,000 civil society representatives are attending the Seville Conference which starts this Monday to relaunch development aid, which currently has a $4 trillion annual financing gap, according to the United Nations.
The Mozambican head of state, Daniel Chapo, is accompanied by several ministers, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Maria dos Santos Lucas, the Minister of Finance, Carla Loveira, and the Minister of Economy, Basílio Muhate.
The 4th UN International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) is taking place from Monday to Thursday, ten years after the previous one, in Ethiopia, in 2015.
The aim now is to “renew the global financing for development framework” at a time of “serious geopolitical tensions, conflicts, increasing macroeconomic challenges and growing systemic risks” and when the goals agreed by the international community in the 2030 Agenda are “severely offtrack.” according to the text of the “Seville Commitment”, the declaration already negotiated within the UN and which is due to be formally adopted this week.
Over 38 pages, the ‘Compromiso de Sevilla” also emphasises that only by strengthening multilateralism, international cooperation and the roles of the United Nations, international financial institutions and other relevant international organizations, can we respond to the urgent need to eradicate poverty and address the impacts of climate change, which are particularly severe in the poorest regions of the world.
The document is expected to be complemented by unilateral announcements from several countries during the conference and more concrete actions to be developed within the framework of the ‘Sevilla Platform for Action’, which will be presented next week.
The Seville Conference “presents a unique opportunity to reform an international financial system that is outdated, dysfunctional and unfair,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said recently, adding: “In this turbulent context, we cannot let our ambitions evaporate”.
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