Africa-Press – Mozambique. Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario on Wednesday declared that preventing and fighting against terrorism “requires concerted actions and efforts between countries of the region, the continent and the world”.
The support given to Mozambique by Rwanda and by member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), in the fight against islamist terrorism in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, “falls within the bilateral and multilateral agreements signed by our country”, Rosario told the country’s parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, at the start of a question and answer session between the deputies and the government.
“The involvement of SADC countries and of Rwanda in the fight against terrorism expresses the spirit of solidarity and mutual help, the ultimate goal of which is the defence of a noble cause – protecting and saving the lives of Mozambicans in the face of terrorist actions”, the Prime Minister said. “Protecting human lives from a global threat such as terrorism has no price”.
“The greatest benefit that can be expected from these joint actions is the attainment of collective peace and security in the region, the continent and the world”, he added.
The sacrifices made by the Mozambican defence and security forces, and by their SADC and Rwandan allies, “is in defence of our national interest”, Rosario continued. “And this sacrifice has not been in vain. It is allowing us to put an end to the barbaric actions committed by the terrorists in their incursions, which target defenceless people and do not spare women, children or the elderly”.
“More than ever, we Mozambicans, regardless of our ideological convictions and beliefs, must recognise, nurture and support the sacrifices made by our defence and security forces and by the SADC and Rwandan contingents”, he insisted.
A further challenge, Rosario added, was to improve the mechanisms to prevent and combat such crimes as kidnappings, drug trafficking, and the trafficking in human body parts. Criminal activities “are becoming more sophisticated, accompanying the social and economic transformations in our countries”, he said, and went hand in hand with corruption.
To fight effectively against crime, “the Government has been banking continually on strengthening the operational capacities of the institutions of law and order, so that they may comply zealously with their mission to fight against all types of crime”.
Among the most important of these measures was to strengthen the equipment available to the police, and to train forces “specialised in fighting organised and transnational crime”.
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