The previous agreements were approved on 1st August 2019 at the Supreme Court of Ngorosa where RENAMO had established a military base.
These agreements have been revised this Tuesday in Maputo, the Capital city of Zimbabwe and are expected to put an end to 16-year long war between both parties that took lives of over 1 million people and ravaging quite a number of equipment.
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Olivier Nduhungirehe has said that President Kagame has also attended the signing of the agreements.
“ Today I am in Maputo, Mozambique to accompany H.E. President Paul Kagame for a historical event for this country: the signing of the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement between the Government of Mozambique and the Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO),” he said in a tweet.
Rwanda and Mozambique enjoy good relationships. In 2016 and 2018, both countries signed cooperation agreements in politics, governance, tourism, agriculture, mining, air transport services, promoting investment, science and technology, and professional training.
In July 2018, Mozambique president, Filipe Nyusi visited Rwanda following president Paul Kagame’s visit to Mozambique in 2016 when he talked to investors and invited them to invest in Rwanda.
Today, Mozambique accommodates over 3500 Rwandans involved in different businesses.
The RENAMO insurgency was a guerrilla campaign by militants of the RENAMO party in Mozambique. The insurgency is widely considered to be an aftershock of the Mozambican Civil War; it resulted in renewed tensions between RENAMO and Mozambique’s ruling FRELIMO coalition over charges of state corruption and the disputed results of 2014 general elections.
A ceasefire was announced between the government and the rebels in September 2014. However, renewed tensions sparked violence in mid-2015.
On August 1, 2019, President Filipe Nyusi and RENAMO leader Ossufo Momade signed a peace agreement at RENAMO’s remote military base in the Gorongosa mountains which brought an end to hostilities. The last remaining REMANO fighters afterward surrendered their weapons.
This afternoon, President Kagame arrives in Maputo, Mozambique for the Signing Ceremony of the country's Peace and Reconciliation Agreement. pic.twitter.com/ndPeXLAh9u
— Presidency | Rwanda (@UrugwiroVillage) August 6, 2019
Today I am in #Maputo, #Mozambique to accompany H.E. President @PaulKagame for a historical event for this country: the signing of the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement between the Government of #Mozambique
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