The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Verónica Macamo, today called for "greater dynamism" in cooperation with Kenya, through the "intensification" of bilateral economic relations, ahead of the Kenyan President's visit to Maputo on Thursday.

"There is an urgent need to give greater impetus to the implementation and monitoring of agreed activities in order to give cooperation greater quality and dynamism and to raise economic relations to the level of our interaction in the political and diplomatic spheres for the benefit of our peoples," said Macamo, quoted by Lusa.

The head of Mozambican diplomacy was speaking during the second session of the Joint Cooperation Commission between the Republic of Mozambique and the Republic of Kenya, which preceded Kenyan President William Ruto's visit to the country.

Macamo pointed out the need to intensify cooperation in the areas already identified and to explore new opportunities aimed at overcoming problems such as hunger and poverty.

"The leaderships of our countries are committed to increasing bilateral cooperation as an instrument for promoting synergies and mutual complementarities in the fight against poverty and the pursuit of sustainable development in our countries," she said

Kenya's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Affairs, Alfred Mutua, advocated deepening economic and trade ties between countries on the continent, noting that African nations export and import more from other continents.

"The pan-African spirit must also be recovered for trade and business, because the colonial paradigm remains, in which economic ties are more accentuated with the countries that colonized the countries of the continent," Mutua stressed.

Africa must act to remove the obstacles that prevent economic cooperation between the continent's countries from flowing smoothly, he continued.

The head of Kenyan diplomacy argued that intra-African cooperation can accelerate the gains against poverty on the continent, considering the enormous potential that exists. (Source: Lusa)