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Africa-Press<\/a> – Mozambique<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The president of the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo \u2013 the main opposition party in Mozambique) on Monday said the deployment of Rwandan military personnel in Mozambique was \u201cillegal\u201d, and that the Mozambican parliament and other countries in the SADC region should have been told in advance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Rwandan military are in the country illegally, given that the Assembly of the Republic was not informed and that other countries that are part of the Southern African Development Community [SADC] were themselves taken by surprise,\u201d Ossufo Momade told the media at the end of a visit to Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique.<\/p>\n

At issue is the arrival in Mozambique, starting last Friday (July 9), of a contingent of 1,000 Rwandan military and police personnel to support Mozambican forces in the fight against terrorism in Cabo Delgado.<\/p>\n

Ossufo Momade maintained that the Mozambican head of state, Filipe Nyusi, had violated the Constitution in not bringing the matter up for debate in parliament.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President must respect the Constitution and take this matter to the Assembly of the Republic,\u201d Momade said, adding that the SADC \u201cwas also taken by surprise\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we thought would happen was that the SADC force would arrive from the 15th, but we were surprised when we realised that the Rwandan force arrived first, which worries the Mozambicans,\u201d the Renamo president said.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Mozambican Defence Minister Jaime Neto said the deployment of troops to Cabo Delgado was articulated within the Southern African Development Community (SADC), after South Africa criticised the prior arrival of the Rwandan forces.<\/p>\n

At the same summit in which the intervention of SADC forces in Cabo Delgado was approved, it was explicitly stated that Mozambique \u201cwas also free to contact any African sister country\u201d, Neto remarked, adding that Rwanda had \u201ca formal SADC contact for military intervention in Mozambique\u201d.<\/p>\n

South Africa\u2019s defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Saturday that it was \u201cregrettable\u201d that the Rwandan troops had arrived before the SADC force deployed.<\/p>\n

Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula told South African state broadcaster SABC that \u201cregardless of the bilateral agreement, it would be expected that Rwanda\u2019s intervention to help Mozambique would take place within the scope of the regional mandate decided by the SADC heads of state\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. The president of the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo \u2013 the main opposition party in Mozambique) on Monday said the deployment of Rwandan military personnel in Mozambique was \u201cillegal\u201d, and that the Mozambican parliament and other countries in the SADC region should have been told in advance. \u201cThe Rwandan military are in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":2365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,10,16],"tags":[233,281,283],"class_list":["post-2366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-parties","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"\nRenamo says entry of Rwandan troops is \u201cillegal\u201d - Mozambique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The president of the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo \u2013 the main opposition party in Mozambique) on Monday said th ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-renamo-says-entry-of-rwandan-troops-is-illegal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Renamo says entry of Rwandan troops is \u201cillegal\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The president of the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo \u2013 the main opposition party in Mozambique) on Monday said th ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-renamo-says-entry-of-rwandan-troops-is-illegal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mozambique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-13T16:35:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2021\/07\/img-60eda210a1dae.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-renamo-says-entry-of-rwandan-troops-is-illegal#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-renamo-says-entry-of-rwandan-troops-is-illegal\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Renamo says entry of Rwandan troops is \u201cillegal\u201d\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-13T16:35:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-renamo-says-entry-of-rwandan-troops-is-illegal\"},\"wordCount\":378,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-renamo-says-entry-of-rwandan-troops-is-illegal#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2021\/07\/img-60eda210a1dae.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Mozambique\",\"Mozambique\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"parties\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-renamo-says-entry-of-rwandan-troops-is-illegal#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-renamo-says-entry-of-rwandan-troops-is-illegal\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-renamo-says-entry-of-rwandan-troops-is-illegal\",\"name\":\"Renamo says entry of Rwandan troops is \u201cillegal\u201d - 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