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Soviet Union [USSR] Mozambique
In Mozambique the Soviet Union supplied arms to the Front for
the Liberation of Mozambique (Frente da Liberatação de Moçambique--
Frelimo) during its 1975 effort to win power, and in 1977 the
Soviet Union and Mozambique signed a treaty of friendship and
cooperation. In 1977 a disaffected wing of Frelimo and other
Mozambicans formed the Mozambique National Resistance Movement
(Movimento Nacional da Resistência de Moçambique--Renamo), which
began increasingly successful military operations against the
Frelimo government. In the late 1980s, the Soviet Union stepped up
military assistance to the Frelimo government in the face of the
eroding security situation. The Frelimo government, because of
inadequate Soviet military assistance, acted to diversify suppliers
by obtaining weaponry and military advisory assistance from Britain
and Portugal, among others.
Data as of May 1989
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