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Viewing cable 06MAPUTO149, MOZAMBIQUE: PRESIDENT GUEBUZA'S REMARKS TO

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06MAPUTO149 2006-02-01 12:22 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Maputo
VZCZCXRO8636
PP RUEHDU RUEHJO RUEHMR
DE RUEHTO #0149 0321222
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 011222Z FEB 06
FM AMEMBASSY MAPUTO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4932
INFO RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PRIORITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC PRIORITY
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC PRIORITY
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY
UNCLAS MAPUTO 000149 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
AF/S FOR HTREGER 
NEA/IPA FOR TWILLIAMS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: IS MZ PGOV PLO PREL
SUBJECT: MOZAMBIQUE: PRESIDENT GUEBUZA'S REMARKS TO 
REPORTERS ON HAMAS ELECTION WIN 
 
1.  (U) President Guebuza attended the just-concluded World 
Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he participated 
on a panel on Chinese investment in Africa.  On January 30, 
while speaking to reporters shortly before returning home to 
Mozambique, he was asked for his reaction to the victory by 
Hamas in the Palestinian elections.  According to the press, 
Guebuza responded that his government would act in accordance 
with rules governing relations between states.   He said that 
Mozambique's ruling party, FRELIMO, had longstanding 
relations with Fatah, but that this would not be an obstacle 
to good relations with Hamas.  Guebuza underlined, however, 
that whenever possible Mozambique would urge Hamas "to adopt 
a policy that favors continued dialog in the region, always 
in support of peace for all." 
 
2.  (SBU) Comment:  Fatah and FRELIMO have had friendly ties 
dating back to before Mozambique's independence in 1975, when 
FRELIMO viewed the PLO as partners in "the struggle for 
self-determination."  Yassir Arafat came to Maputo to pay his 
respects during the funeral for Samora Machel, Mozambique's 
first president, in October 1986.  The Palestinian embassy 
sits on a street corner across from the Mozambican presidency 
complex. 
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