Africa-Press – Tanzania. President of the Republic Filipe Nyusi has urged border forces in Cabo Delgado to intensify their control of the border with Tanzania so as to limit the entry and exit of terrorists operating in the province.
Speaking at a Defence and Security Forces position in the administrative post of Mieze in Metuge district, President Nyusi said that the border guards in the province had additional responsibilities.
“We have neighbours who control their borders, but they don’t control our borders and they don’t have to control our borders. Sometimes, they even make things difficult for our fellow citizens. But we have nothing to charge them with, because they have their mission and we have ours. Take pride in being Mozambique’s border guards,” President Nyusi said.
President Nyusi said that the military contingent from Rwanda already present in the country, and that from SADC, which arrives next week, were not coming to replace the Defence and Security Forces, and that the defence of national sovereignty remained the responsibility of Mozambicans themselves.
