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Africa-Press<\/a> – Mozambique<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The 27 member states of the European Union on Wednesday endorsed the crisis management concept of the future European Union military training mission in Mozambique, taking the first step towards its formalisation diplomatic sources told Lusa.<\/p>\n

At the last meeting of EU ambassadors under the Portuguese presidency \u2013 which ends today \u2013 the permanent representatives of the member states endorsed the \u2018Crisis Management Concept\u2019, establishing the first step that will lead to the formalisation of the approval of the mission by the EU Council.<\/p>\n

According to diplomatic sources, the final approval of the military training mission should take place on 12 July at the Foreign Affairs Council, which brings together all heads of European diplomacy.<\/p>\n

In the concept approved today, the 27 member states provide for the possibility of launching a measure to assist the Mozambican armed forces, which includes the supply of \u201cnon-lethal equipment\u201d to \u201csupport the deployment in Cabo Delgado\u201d of the Mozambican army.<\/p>\n

The mission will be headed by Portuguese Army Brigadier-General Nuno Lemos Pires and is expected to last 28 months: four months to establish the mission, plus two years.<\/p>\n

In addition, the military training mission in Mozambique will be the first European mission under the Common Security and Defence Policy to be funded through the European Peace Facility, a financial instrument established in March consisting of \u20ac5 billion, and allowing the European Union for the first time to provide military equipment to countries worldwide.<\/p>\n

The establishment of a military training mission in Mozambique had been identified by Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva as \u201cabsolutely urgent\u201d and \u201cabsolutely essential\u201d for EU-Mozambique relations.<\/p>\n

Accordingly, in January, he travelled to Mozambique to meet the local authorities as Special Envoy of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell.<\/p>\n

During the April Foreign Affairs Council, he pointed out that when he was in Maputo, his Mozambican counterpart, Ver\u00f3nica Macamo, told him that the country was \u201cvery interested\u201d that a strengthening of the \u201cpeace and security component\u201d in EU-Mozambique relations \u201cshould materialise through support, in addition to logistical support, in military training and education\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe presence of foreign troops on Mozambican territory to combat the terrorist networks that unfortunately operate in Cabo Delgado has never been, and is not, in question. The possibility of this increase in cooperation in the area of security through a non-executive mission aimed at the military training of Mozambican special troops was and is always in question,\u201d Santos Silva emphasized at the time.<\/p>\n

Armed groups have terrorised Cabo Delgado since 2017, with some attacks claimed by the rebel group Islamic State in a wave of violence that has led to more than 2,800 deaths, according to the ACLED conflict registration project, and 732,000 displaced people, according to the UN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. The 27 member states of the European Union on Wednesday endorsed the crisis management concept of the future European Union military training mission in Mozambique, taking the first step towards its formalisation diplomatic sources told Lusa. 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