Juliana Cézar Nunes
Reporter - Agência Brasil

Maputo (Mozambique) - The Brazilian Minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim resumed negotiations with the Mozambican government on Brazilian support for the construction of a factory to produce anti-retroviral drugs in that country. About US$ 480 thousand are now available to begin a feasibility study.

"We are doing technical analyses. While we discuss the factory, it is necessary to prepare cadres. There have to be scientists and specialized personnel, and we discussed that. We can also expand the existing program to take care of more people, starting with medications produced in Brazil or even in other countries."

Amorim affirms that Brazil can help Mozambique in quality control of Aids treatment drugs imported from other countries.

During Amorim's visit with the country's President, Armando Emílio Guebuza, the two governments signed a letter of intention providing for the exchange of technical information with the Osvaldo Cruz Foundation. Negotiations also got underway on other cooperation projects in the areas of malaria treatment and malnutrition.

Mozambique is one of the stops on the Brazilian Chancellor's visit to Africa.

Translation: David Silberstein