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Mozambique: Celso Correia 'Tested' in Scenario of Presidential Election by Lists

PR FILIPE NYUSI's (FN) official trip to Saudi Arabia served to relaunch the image of CELSO CORREIA (CC), Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, as a long-term presidential candidate, within the scope of the current strategy of the FN group that dominates FRELIMO.

In Saudi Arabia, CC was the “star” of a visit to seek to unlock Saudi funding to compensate for the difficulties the country is experiencing with other partners and some international institutions. At the meeting, on 05.MAR, between the president of the Federation of Saudi Chambers, HASSAN BIN MUJIB AL-HUWAIZI, accompanied by several Saudi businessmen, in Riyadh, CC led the Mozambican delegation. READ MORE