The Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Katja Keul, has been visiting Mozambique since yesterday, where she will stay until December 7, 2023.

According to DW, she will meet with representatives of the government and parliament in Maputo and exchange views on political and social developments in Mozambique.

A talk with former contract workers in Maputo is also planned. The programme also includes meetings with representatives of civil society and non-governmental organizations, as well as a visit to Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), the most important partner in German cooperation with the energy sector.

Before traveling to Mozambique, Minister Katja Keul said she wanted to meet with "contract workers who have lived and worked in Germany".

"It is important for me, during my stay in Mozambique, to meet former contract workers who lived and worked in Germany until the fall of communism, on the basis of an agreement between their country and the GDR. Their biographies are an essential part of German-Mozambican relations," said the Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Katja Keul, in a press release issued on Sunday.

The Minister of State will also have the opportunity to talk to representatives of the European Union's training mission, the EUTM, who are working with the Mozambican armed forces, in order to learn more about the security situation in Cabo Delgado province, where she will be traveling.

There Katja Keul will meet with representatives of the local administration and foreign troops deployed to protect the local population.

"The Federal Foreign Office supports the United Nations in its efforts to stabilize the region. During my trip, I would like to talk to representatives of the EU training mission and other experts, as well as local representatives, about the security situation and the possibilities for stabilizing the region," he stressed.

"Mozambique is a priority country for our development cooperation and an important partner in the fight against climate change. Mozambique is already seriously affected by the consequences of the climate crisis and has faced more and more natural disasters, such as floods and hurricanes, in recent years. We remember, for example, Cyclone Freddy in March this year, which hit south-east Africa with devastating consequences," he said.

"We therefore want to work closely with Mozambique in the fight against the consequences of the climate crisis," he concluded.