Russia Boosts Military Cooperation With Mozambique After Attacks
- Suspected Islamists have carried out raids in gas-rich north
- Lavrov met Mozambican president, foreign minister for talks
Sergei Lavrov and Filipe Nyusi shake hands during a meeting in Maputo on March 7.
Photographer: Alexander Shcherbak/TASS via Getty Images
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Russia will boost its military cooperation with Mozambique, where suspected Islamist militants have carried out attacks in the gas-rich African nation’s north.
The two countries will form a working group to develop collaboration, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters Wednesday in the Mozambican capital, Maputo. Lavrov is on a five-nation tour of Africa and spoke after talks with his counterpart Jose Pacheco and Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi.