{"id":26087,"date":"2022-09-10T15:15:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T15:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace"},"modified":"2022-09-10T15:23:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T15:23:09","slug":"eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace","title":{"rendered":"EU\u2019s Borrell sees Mozambique\u2019s neutrality as a position \u201con the side of peace\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell considers that it cannot be said \u201cthat Mozambique is on the side of the aggressor\u201d, but rather \u201con the side of peace\u201d, and respects the country\u2019s position as independent and sovereign.<\/p>\n

Speaking in Maputo at the start of a two-day visit to Mozambique this Thursday, European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell qualified Mozambique\u2019s neutrality as a position \u201con the side of peace\u201d in the war in Ukraine, almost three months after having criticised those professing neutrality.<\/p>\n

Josep Borrell had told a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, on 16 June, that \u201cbeing neutral in this case means being on the side of the aggressor\u201d.<\/p>\n

This Thursday, after a meeting with the Mozambican president, Borrell said that \u201cit cannot be said that Mozambique is on the side of the aggressor\u201d, stressing that the country \u201cis on the side of peace\u201d, therefore \u201cit cannot be on the side of those who started a war\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe respect the position of Mozambique, an independent and sovereign country,\u201d Borrell said in reply to a question by Lusa, adding that the dialogue between the EU and Maputo on positions relating to Ukraine had allowed for an understanding to be reached.<\/p>\n

Ver\u00f3nica Macamo, who accompanied Borrell in his statements to the press after yesterday\u2019s meeting with Filipe Nyusi, reiterated the Mozambican position on Ukraine: \u201cWe are not in favour of war, we are for dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n

In early March, just days after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the overwhelming majority of member states in the United Nations General Assembly \u2013 141 out of 193 \u2013 condemned Moscow\u2019s action, with Mozambique and Angola among the countries that abstained.<\/p>\n

After Thursday\u2019s meeting with the Mozambican head of state, the head of European diplomacy said that Mozambique \u201cis a reliable partner\u201d with which, for the sake of global stability, the EU wants to \u201cdeepen\u201d relations.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Borrell will deliver non-warfare equipment to support the fight against terrorism in Cabo Delgado.<\/p>\n

In the face of aggression, no one can be neutral. No one can live safely in a world where the illegal use of force is normalised or tolerated.<\/p>\n

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

Africa-Press – Mozambique. The European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell considers that it cannot be said \u201cthat Mozambique is on the side of the aggressor\u201d, but rather \u201con the side of peace\u201d, and respects the country\u2019s position as independent and sovereign. Speaking in Maputo at the start of a two-day visit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":26086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12,16],"tags":[233,281,283],"class_list":["post-26087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"\nEU\u2019s Borrell sees Mozambique\u2019s neutrality as a position \u201con the side of peace\u201d - Mozambique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell considers that it cannot be said \u201cthat Mo ...\" \/>\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\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EU\u2019s Borrell sees Mozambique\u2019s neutrality as a position \u201con the side of peace\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell considers that it cannot be said \u201cthat Mo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace\" \/>\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=\"2022-09-10T15:15:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-10T15:23:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_7-631cabb79c55d.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1231\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"821\" \/>\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\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"EU\u2019s Borrell sees Mozambique\u2019s neutrality as a position \u201con the side of peace\u201d\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-10T15:15:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-10T15:23:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace\"},\"wordCount\":395,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_7-631cabb79c55d.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Mozambique\",\"Mozambique\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace\",\"name\":\"EU\u2019s Borrell sees Mozambique\u2019s neutrality as a position \u201con the side of peace\u201d - Mozambique\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_7-631cabb79c55d.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-10T15:15:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-10T15:23:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell considers that it cannot be said \u201cthat Mo ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_7-631cabb79c55d.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_7-631cabb79c55d.jpg\",\"width\":1231,\"height\":821,\"caption\":\"EU\u2019s Borrell sees Mozambique\u2019s neutrality as a position \u201con the side of peace\u201d\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"EU\u2019s Borrell sees Mozambique\u2019s neutrality as a position \u201con the side of peace\u201d\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/\",\"name\":\"Mozambique\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"EU\u2019s Borrell sees Mozambique\u2019s neutrality as a position \u201con the side of peace\u201d - Mozambique","description":"The European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell considers that it cannot be said \u201cthat Mo ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"EU\u2019s Borrell sees Mozambique\u2019s neutrality as a position \u201con the side of peace\u201d","og_description":"The European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell considers that it cannot be said \u201cthat Mo ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace","og_site_name":"Mozambique","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-09-10T15:15:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-09-10T15:23:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1231,"height":821,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_7-631cabb79c55d.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"EU\u2019s Borrell sees Mozambique\u2019s neutrality as a position \u201con the side of peace\u201d","datePublished":"2022-09-10T15:15:43+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-10T15:23:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace"},"wordCount":395,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_7-631cabb79c55d.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Mozambique","Mozambique"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","homepage-english","policy","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace","name":"EU\u2019s Borrell sees Mozambique\u2019s neutrality as a position \u201con the side of peace\u201d - Mozambique","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_7-631cabb79c55d.jpg","datePublished":"2022-09-10T15:15:43+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-10T15:23:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell considers that it cannot be said \u201cthat Mo ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_7-631cabb79c55d.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_7-631cabb79c55d.jpg","width":1231,"height":821,"caption":"EU\u2019s Borrell sees Mozambique\u2019s neutrality as a position \u201con the side of peace\u201d"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/eus-borrell-sees-mozambiques-neutrality-as-a-position-on-the-side-of-peace#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"EU\u2019s Borrell sees Mozambique\u2019s neutrality as a position \u201con the side of peace\u201d"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/","name":"Mozambique","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}