• Former President Chissano has called for partnerships between Portuguese and Mozambican companies to process and add value to Mozambique’s resources in the country.

Former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano on Monday called for partnerships between Portuguese and Mozambican companies to transform Mozambique’s resources within the country.

“Mozambican companies must emerge in partnership with Portuguese companies, and a time must come when Mozambicans can also invest in Portugal,” Chissano said during the debate “Portugal-Mozambique: Dialogue, Cooperation and Development”, at the Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation in Lisbon.

Former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano, accompanied by PS National Secretary Jamila Madeira, arrives to take part in the conference “Portugal-Mozambique: Dialogue, Cooperation and Development”, organised by the Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation, in Lisbon, Potugal, 12 October 2026. [Photo: Lusa/Tiago Petinga]

“Knowledge and skills in Mozambique need to be increased,” he said, arguing that resources would be worth more “if they were processed, transformed and had value added in Mozambique, by Mozambicans, together with the Portuguese”.

“It is simply a matter of thinking win-win, simply thinking win-win,” he said.

“Portugal should also say what Mozambique will gain from this, and we should work on that basis,” Chissano added.

Left to right: Portuguese Socialist Party (PS) Secretary-General José Luís Carneiro, former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano, PS National Secretary Jamila Madeira and former Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa during the conference “Portugal-Mozambique: Dialogue, Cooperation and Development”, organised by the Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation, in Lisbon, Portugal, 12 October 2026. [Photo: Lusa/Tiago Petinga]

The debate also featured former Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Socialist Party (PS) secretary-general José Luís Carneiro, and was moderated by Jamila Madeira.