Mozambique: Finance minister dismisses Chinese asset seizure fears

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Mozambique: Finance minister dismisses Chinese asset seizure fears Mozambique: Finance minister dismisses Chinese asset seizure fears November 25, 2020 By Jorge Joaquim Finance minister Adriano Maleiane Finance minister Adriano Maleiane has rejected suggestions that China will seize Mozambican public assets if the government defaults on Chinese loans. Addressing parliament Maleiane said that the fears expressed by opposition party members were groundless. “There are no indications of this… We have no information that the Chinese government can seize any assets in Mozambique due to defaults”, he said. He insisted that the debts with China, which he said totalled $2.02bn, had been...