§ Miss LestorTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposals he has to increase the scale of military assistance to Mozambique.
§ Mrs. ChalkerNo decision has been taken to alter the level of British military assistance to Mozambique. The United Kingdom currently trains Mozambican troops at Nyanga in Zimbabwe at the rate of three companies (some 360 men) per year; these troops are then dedicated to the protection of the Limpopo railway line. We have also donated a quantity of non-lethal defence equipment (Land-Rovers, communications equipment, boots, and so on) to assist in this task. A small number of Mozambican officer cadets undergo training in the United Kingdom.