The Council of Ministers announced this Tuesday that the country is on the "right track" in complying with the international procedures required for the sale of certified diamonds, under the so-called Kimberley Process.

"We are very advanced, we are at an advanced stage of meeting international certification requirements, we are on the right track," said Council of Ministers spokesman Filimão Suaze.

Suaze advanced that the country has passed legislation and regulations, created the Kimberley Process Management Unit (KPMU), set up diamond warehouses, and is training staff in diamond business classification and transparency.

"In September, a team of international experts in the Kimberley Process will come to Mozambique to verify the steps already taken for the country to trade certified diamonds," said the spokesman for the Council of Ministers.

With the actions, the country wants the diamonds, gems, and precious stones that it will place on the international market to be free of doubts regarding the legality of their extraction.

The Kimberley Process is an international mechanism that advocates for transparency in business and combats the sale of diamonds mined in war zones and whose proceeds are used to finance armed and illegitimate violence.