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Navy helps guard Mozambique coast

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI AUG. 3. The Centre may be unwilling to lend its forces to assist an occupation force but it is amenable to accommodating pleas for security assistance from sovereign governments, as was the case recently when the Mozambique Government asked India to help sanitise its coast during an important summit meeting.

The Navy deployed two warships for security off Maputo, Mozambique, during the summit meeting of the Organisation of African Union from July 4 to 12. The deployment was made after the President of Mozambique, Joaquim Alberto Chissanoa, requested assistance from the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, in May. The presence of 53 heads of African states at Maputo was the major reason for requesting the Navy to help secure the maritime frontiers of Mozambique during the summit.

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