{"id":39682,"date":"2023-05-29T18:58:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T18:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/ukraine-sees-promising-future-for-relations-with-mozambique"},"modified":"2023-05-29T19:04:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T19:04:38","slug":"ukraine-sees-promising-future-for-relations-with-mozambique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/ukraine-sees-promising-future-for-relations-with-mozambique","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine sees promising future for relations with Mozambique"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Saturday told AIM he sees a promising future for relations between Ukraine and Mozambique.<\/p>\n

Speaking in Maputo at the end of his first ever visit to Mozambique, Kuleba said \u201cwe see many opportunities for developing trade relations that will be good for both peoples\u201d.<\/p>\n

The two countries had agreed to set up a business forum, and Kuleba said Ukraine is \u201cvery open\u201d to business prospects. He forecast the export to Mozambique not only of Ukrainian grain, but also of processed foods and of pharmaceutical products.<\/p>\n

He believed Ukraine could also assist Mozambique in cyber-security. \u201cWe have vast experience in repelling cyber-attacks\u201d, he remarked.<\/p>\n

Kuleba stressed that Ukraine plans to open an embassy in Mozambique before the end of this year. He was sure that a building and basic staff for the new embassy would be ready by then.<\/p>\n

On Friday Kuleba was received both by President Filipe Nyusi and by his Mozambican counterpart, Veronica Macamo. Nyusi, he said, \u201cexpressed solidarity with the people of Ukraine\u201d.<\/p>\n

As for ending the Russian war against Ukraine, Kuleba did not believe that negotiations are the answer \u201cwhen there is clearly an aggressor, and a country that is fighting for its freedom\u201d.<\/p>\n

One of Russia\u2019s propaganda coups in Africa, he said, was the deliberate confusion between the current Russian Federation and the former Soviet Union. Pro-Russian apologists frequently claim that Russia supported African struggles against colonial rule \u2013 but Kuleba pointed out that in the days of the Soviet Union, Ukraine also had a seat at the United Nations, \u201cwhere we worked tirelessly against apartheid and in favour of decolonization\u201d.<\/p>\n

The many Soviet citizens who worked in Mozambique in the post independence years were not all Russians, said Kuleba. Many Ukrainians had worked in training the Mozambican armed forces, as engineers and in various other capacities.<\/p>\n

In any case, Russian claims of friendship were belied by the current acts of the Putin government. \u201cImagine you had a friend who used to help you, but this friend turned into a criminal, murdering and rapid people. You would probably no longer consider him your friend\u201d, said Kuleba.<\/p>\n

As for the frequent claim that the conflict in Ukraine is \u201ca proxy war\u201d between the United States and Russia, fought on Ukrainian soil, Kuleba declared that this was just more propaganda. He recalled that in the early days of the war, the Russian government believed that Ukraine was weak and could be overwhelmed \u201cby the almighty Russian army\u201d in a few days.<\/p>\n

But when Russia lost battles, its government had to explain defeat to the Russian people, and so it claimed that it was fighting not Ukraine, but the United States.<\/p>\n

Ukraine had, of course, obtained weapons from its American and European allies, but had never asked for any foreign troops. \u201cIn reality, Russia is fighting against Ukrainians, and we will never ask other countries to send their troops. This is our war\u201d, said Kuleba.<\/p>\n

Just as Mozambique had fought for its freedom, \u201cso we are fighting\u201d, he added. \u201cAnd just like Mozambique, we shall prevail\u201d.<\/p>\n

The contempt shown by the Russian government towards the Ukrainian army, was similar to the contempt shown by the Portuguese regime towards the Mozambican freedom fighters. \u201cYet you won, and we shall win\u201d, said Kuleba.<\/p>\n

He declined to speculate on when the war might end. \u201cMy job is to make every effort to bring victory closer\u201d, he said. \u201cWhen you are attacked in the street, you do not say \u2018I will only fight for a few minutes\u2019. You fight as long as necessary\u201d.<\/p>\n

Kuleba stressed that Ukraine has no intention of surrendering any of its territory \u2013 not even the Crimean Peninsula, occupied by Russia since 2014. Nor was it prepared to accept a \u201cfrozen conflict\u201d, whereby a ceasefire line remains in effect for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

Kuleba pointed out that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had made proposals for a peace plan in the early days of the war, based on respect for the United Nations Charter, but Russia had refused to consider them<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the Ukrainian plan that should be taken as the basis for a settlement\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

As for the possibility of the conflict spreading to other parts of Europe, Kuleba thought this unlikely as long as Ukraine continues to resist. \u201cPutin cannot defeat Ukraine, and so he is in no position to fight any other country\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Saturday told AIM he sees a promising future for relations between Ukraine and Mozambique. Speaking in Maputo at the end of his first ever visit to Mozambique, Kuleba said \u201cwe see many opportunities for developing trade relations that will be good for both peoples\u201d. 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