Meets Press on Arrival FBIS.AFR.88-083 MB28t2l0 Maputo DomesticService in Portuguese 29 April 1988 t.5-6 1030GMT 28 Apr 88 that his meetings with [Text] MozambicanForeign Minister Pascoal Mocumbi Minister Mocumbi also said ioday categoricallyrejected any attempt to link the PortugueseGovernment offrcials-notably, with his MozambicãnGovernment with the death of bandit Portuguesecounterpart; the secretaryof state for coop- ringleaderEvo Fernandesin Lisbon last week. Pascoal eration;and PresidentMario Soares-will also serveto Mocumbisaid in a statementto Portuguesejournalists in analyzemultilateral relations between Portugal and the Lisbon this morning that attemptsto connectFrelimo five Portuguese-speakingAfrican countries.Mozambi- with terrorist actions such as this one only seek to que is the áctingcoordinator of the Portuguese-speaking damagegood understandingand cooperationbetween African countries. Mozambiqueand Portugal,because Evo Fernandeswas a Portuguesecitizen. Minister Mocumbi was scheduledthis morning to receivethe ambassadorsof the five Portuguese-speaking He said that Frelimo has never resortedto terrorism countriesaccredited in Lisbon. He will hold his first sincethe anticolonial armed struggle. Minister Mocumbi meetingwith PortugueseForeign Affairs Minister Joao said the deathof Evo Fernandeswas, "a terroristaction de Deus Pinheiro this afternoon.He is expectedto be againstan agentof terrorism,and clarificationcan only receivedin audienceby PresidentMario Soaresafter- còmefrom expert Portugueseauthorities specializing in ward. terrorisminvestigation." ForeignMinister Pascoal Mocumbi made this statement when he arrived in Lisbon at the start of an offrcialand friendly 3-day visit to Portugal at the invitation of PortugueseForeign Affairs Minister Joao de Deus Pin- heiro. Asked about the motivesthat may lead to a meeting betweenPresident Joaquim Chissano and SouthAfrican PresidentPieter Botha, Minister Mocumbi said that Mozambique'spolicy hasalways been to try to hnd ways of reviving the Nkomati Accord when the latter shows signsof flagging.Minister PascoalMocumbi said it was in this spirit that MozambicanCooperation Minister Jacinto Veloso went to Pretoriathis week as President JoaquimChissano's envoy. Minister Mocumbi describedthis visit to Portugalas a time to assessthe current favorable state of bilateral political and diplomat cooperation.He statedthat he would be discussingthe rehabilitation of the Cahora BassaDam with Portugueseauthorities. The scientific and [word indistinct] commissionbehind the project is expectedto meet for the third time in Lisbonat the end of May. Mocumbi will also discussthe possibilitiesfor military cooperationwith Portugaland the generalsitu- ation in southernAfrica. .