Consulate of Mozambique opens

Florinda Chan presided the opening ceremony of the General Consulate of Mozambique in Macau

The opening ceremony for the new Consulate of Mozambique took place on Friday at the Macau Tower. In attendance were the Secretary for Administration and Justice, Florinda Chan, as well as the Permanent Secretariat to the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macau), Chang Hexi.
The Mozambique Ambassador to China Antonio Inacio Junior, and the Consul-General of Mozambique to Macau, Rafael Custódio Marques, were also at the ceremony.
Florinda Chan has hailed the establishment of a Mozambique Consulate in Macau, saying that it will bring bilateral relations to a higher level.
The Mozambique Ambassador Antonio Inacio Junior said that the Sino-Mozambique relationship has always been good since its establishment about four decades ago. His country hence decided to set up a consulate in Macau in order to further strengthen this relationship.
Consul-General Rafael Custódio Marques, meanwhile, hopes that the Chinese and Macau governments, as well as organizations in Macau, can provide support in building a relationship of friendly cooperation between China and Macau.
As the Times reported previously the Mozambican diplomat Rafael Custódio Marques, was accused of involvement in the death of former Mozambican rebel Evo Fernandes – leader of the liberation movement turned political party Renamo.
According to an AP report, in 1989 Marques was a diplomat working as third secretary at the Mozambican Embassy in Lisbon when  he was expelled from Portugal. The expulsion order was allegedly given after Mozambique refused to lift his diplomatic immunity. Portuguese authorities were seeking to question him on the assassination case.