Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev and Mozambican Interior Minister Arsenia Massingue have held security consultations in Mozambique's capital, Maputo, the Russian Security Council said on Wednesday

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi welcomes Russia's position on peace initiatives to resolve the conflict in Ukraine and is ready to facilitate a peaceful settlement if needed, Mozambican Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources Carlos Alberto Fortes Mesquita said on Wednesday

Despite the recent recapture of Mozambique's port town of Mocimboa da Praia from the Al-Shabaab militant group (linked to the Islamic State terrorist organization, banned in Russia), the Islamist insurgency in the country has not yet been stomped out, experts told Sputnik

The European Union is implementing a program aimed at curbing the growing radicalization and proliferation of extremist militant groups in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado, an EU spokesperson told Sputnik