CPLP will send a mission to Cabo Delgado. Portugals’ foreign minister reiterates that “everyone” understands Mozambique’s resistance to accepting foreign troops. Mozambique’s defence minister is expected to visit Lisbon next week. The European Union is preparing to increase cooperation with Mozambique in the area of security, including logistical support and sending a mission for the formation and training of Mozambican armed forces. “We have been working with the Mozambican authorities” on these matters, head of Portuguese diplomacy Augusto Santos Silva told DW Africa. “Just this morning, I had the pleasure of a phone call with Ms. Verónica Macamo, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique”.