The Minister of Industry and Trade says that the conditions are in place to position the country on the international scene, with a view to taking advantage of the opportunities offered by the African continental free trade zone.

Silvino Moreno explains that the package of economic acceleration measures launched by the President of the Republic and the recent start of liquefied natural gas exports are proof of the progress made in the country.

Moreno was speaking this Friday in Maputo at the opening of a meeting on the African Continental Free Trade Area.

For his part, Hipólito Hamela, Economic Advisor to the Mozambican Chamber of Commerce, says that we need to create a business environment that allows us to compete on an equal footing with other countries on the continent.

The meeting on the African Continental Free Trade Area brings together the government, cooperation partners and businesspeople in a debate under the slogan: African Continental Free Trade Area: Opportunities and Advantages for Mozambique.

The African Continental Free Trade Area aims to create a single market, bringing together the 55 African economies, to facilitate the movement of goods, services and people throughout the African continent.