President of the Mozambican Parliament starts official visit to Russia today

The President of the Mozambican Parliament, Esperança Bias, is on a three-day visit to Russia at the invitation of her counterpart, Valentina Matvienko, the Mozambican parliament announced in a statement.

The statement said that in Moscow, Bias is expected to speak at the 544th Plenary Session of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia, meet with the president of the Duma (lower house of the Russian parliament), Vyacheslav Volodin, and Valentina Matvienko.

During her official visit to the Eastern European country, the president of the Mozambican parliament will meet with the Mozambican community and visit some historical sites.

Maputo has abstained in all votes at the United Nations on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, advocating a peaceful resolution.

The African country received multiform support from the former USSR when Mozambique was under the influence of the former communist bloc.

With information from Lusa

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