{"id":18550,"date":"2022-04-27T14:25:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T14:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/abstention-in-un-vote-against-russias-war-in-ukraine-in-line-with-constitution-ex-minister"},"modified":"2022-04-27T14:36:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T14:36:21","slug":"abstention-in-un-vote-against-russias-war-in-ukraine-in-line-with-constitution-ex-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/abstention-in-un-vote-against-russias-war-in-ukraine-in-line-with-constitution-ex-minister","title":{"rendered":"Abstention in UN vote against Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine in line with constitution \u2013 ex-minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Mozambique\u2019s former foreign affairs and cooperation minister Leonardo Sim\u00e3o has argued that Maputo\u2019s abstention at the United Nations in the face of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine follows a constitutional principle, which gives priority to dialogue.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIt is written in the constitution: Mozambique gives primacy to negotiated solutions to conflicts. This is why Mozambique\u2019s position is in accordance with the constitution,\u201d Leonardo Sim\u00e3o told Lusa in Maputo on Monday.<\/p>\n

According to the former head of Mozambican diplomacy, between 1994 and 2005, this principle established in the constitution is the result of the experience that the country gained during years of armed conflict, from the liberation struggle against the Portuguese colonial regime to the 16-year civil war.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe conflicts in which Mozambique was involved, in one way or another, had solutions from dialogue,\u201d added Leonardo Sim\u00e3o.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the former minister continued, Mozambique has \u201cexcellent relations\u201d with all the parties involved, with a considerable number of national students having trained in both Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201cMozambique has two friends fighting and, being the third, what it has to do is try to unite them. Further exacerbating the tempers of one towards the other is not going to help. On the contrary, it will only delay dialogue, which sooner or later will have to happen,\u201d said Leonardo Sim\u00e3o.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs long as the level of anger and negative feelings is high, there will be no dialogue,\u201d said Sim\u00e3o, who is Mozambique\u2019s Ambassador-at-Large, based in Maputo.<\/p>\n

The United Nations General Assembly on March 24 approved with an overwhelming majority of 140 votes a resolution holding Russia responsible for the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine due to the war.<\/p>\n

Of the 193 United Nations member states, the resolution, presented by France and Mexico and supported by Ukraine, received 140 votes in favour, five against and 38 abstentions, in a group that, besides Mozambique, includes Angola and Guinea-Bissau.<\/p>\n

The Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo, a party in power since independence) was an ally of Moscow during the time of the former USSR, receiving military support during the fight against Portuguese colonialism and economic aid after independence in 1975.<\/p>\n

Russia launched a military offensive in Ukraine on 24 February that has already killed more than 2,000 civilians, according to UN data, which warns that the actual number is likely to be much higher.<\/p>\n

The military offensive has already caused more than 12 million people to flee, more than 5 million of them out of the country, according to the latest UN figures \u2013 the worst refugee crisis in Europe since World War II (1939-1945).<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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