US embassy cable - 05MAPUTO476

UNCLAS MAPUTO 000476 
 
SIPDIS 
STATE FOR AF/S - TREGER 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KDEM, PREL, MZ, Democracy 
SUBJECT: MOZAMBIQUE - PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY OF 
DEMOCRACIES MINISTERIAL 
 
REF: STATE 66787 
 
1. On April 15, Econ/Poloff delivered reftel demarche to 
Faruk Faquira, Head of UN Affairs in the Department of 
International Organizations at Mozambican Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs. Faquira stated that Minister of Foreign Affairs 
Alcinda Abreu would not be attending the April 28-30 
Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial meeting. According 
to Faquira, Mozambique would likely be represented at the 
meeting by Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Henrique Banze. 
Faquira will be part of the Mozambican delegation to the CD 
Meeting. 
 
2. The GRM delegation intends to share its experience in 
addressing poverty alleviation as a democracy. The GRM's 
highest domestic priority at present is implementing its 
Absolute Poverty Reduction and Alleviation Action Plan 
(PARPA). 
 
3. Faquira noted that the GRM delegation may be interested in 
pursuing bilateral meetings with the U.S. delegation in 
Santiago. Any new information on this potential request will 
be reported septel. 
LALIME