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| Rwandan soldiers patrol Quitunda Camp in Afungi, Cabo Delgado in Mozambique on September 22, 2021. The troops were deployed to Mozambique to fight insurgents terrorizing civilians. |
By Berna Namata, KIGALI Rwanda
The European Union has given
Rwanda €20 million to support its peacekeeping mission in the Cabo Delgado
province of Mozambique.
Rwanda deployed its army and
police personnel to Cabo Delgado in July 2021 under a bilateral arrangement at
the request of Mozambique, and currently has around 2,500 troops engaged in
joint operations with Mozambican forces.
The funding is the first
external support the country has received since it launched the operation.
The government says additional
troops will be deployed in areas that have experienced new terrorist attacks.
“Rwanda remains a reliable
partner in the fight against terrorism on the continent and we are pleased to
collaborate with the European Union in this work,” said Vincent Biruta,
Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs in a statement issued on Thursday while
announcing that the government had received the funding.
The Rwandan troops deployed to
Cabo Delgado on July 9, following an April visit to Kigali by Mozambican leader
Filipe Nyusi.
They were followed weeks later
by forces from neighbouring countries who deployed under the aegis of the
16-member regional bloc, the Southern African Development Community.
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