MOZAMBIQUE RATIFIES THE U.S.-MOZAMBIQUE BILATERAL

UNCLAS MAPUTO 001625 SIPDIS DEPT FOR AF/S - HTREGER, EB/OIA - MROCHE, L/T FOR ZYLMAN COMMERCE FOR RTELCHIN MCC FOR SGAULL, TBRIGGS DEPT PASS USTR FOR PCOLEMAN, JSHRIER, AND DWEINER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ECIN ETRD EINV ECON MZ BIT SUBJECT: MOZAMBIQUE RATIFIES THE U.S.-MOZAMBIQUE BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY REF: A. STATE 211525 ¶B. EMAIL 9/1/04 FROM TIMOTHY BORN (MAPUTO) RE US/MOZAMBIQUE BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY ¶1. On December 14, Luis Sitoi, advisor to the Minister of Industry and Commerce, informed the Embassy that the Mozambican Council of Ministers ratified the U.S.-Mozambique Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) during the week of Dec 6. The text of the BIT has been sent for publication in Mozambique's "Boletim de Repulica" (equivalent to our Federal Register). ¶2. Post awaits a note verbale formally announcing the GRM's ratification of the BIT. When we receive the note, we will obtain and send to the Department the text of the GRM instrument of ratification for L/T review. Embassy also will present the GRM with U.S. proposed language for the exchange of ratifying instruments. LA LIME