On Thursday 21 April, the Council of the European Union decided to provide a further €45 million in aid to Mozambique’s armed forces under the European Peace Facility.
It therefore adopted a decision amending the aid measures relating to support for these armed forces implemented in November 2021 (see EUROPE 12836/23). With this additional support, the overall support of the European Peace Facility to Mozambique has been increased to €89 million.
The aid measure aims to strengthen the European Union’s support for the capacity building and deployment of Mozambican armed forces units trained by the EU Training Mission in Mozambique (EUTM Mozambique). This mission was launched at the end of 2021.
The EU will finance equipment for the eleven Mozambican companies that will be trained by EUTM, in particular individual and collective equipment, means of land mobility and a field hospital.
This additional support was requested by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, at the end of February (see EUROPE 12903/31). (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)