Britain seeks partnership

Britain wants a share of the
oil and gas business in
Mozambique.
The Mozambican and British
governments are formulating a
“high level partnership” in areas
such as oil and natural gas,
agriculture and the financial
sector, according to Mozambican
deputy foreign minister Henrique
Banze.
He was speaking at a joint
press conference with the British
under-secretary of state for
Africa, Mark Simmonds, who in
September was on his third visit
to Mozambique in the space of a
year.
According to Simmonds, the
idea of a high-level partnership
was first discussed during the
visit by Mozambican president
Armando Guebuza to the Scottish
city of Aberdeen in July, where
he attended an international
conference on infrastructures
for the oil and gas industry in
Mozambique