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To browse Academia. Followed by a two years implementation process leading to multiparty free elections in , it is considered internationally a success story for the resolution of civil conflicts. It was one of the first cases in which a robust agreement increased the complementarities between simple peacekeeping and peacebuilding priorities such as confidence building, demilitarization, electoral assistance, development aid, institutional support, and security sector reform. Third party mediation coupling power diplomacy with confidencebuilding facilitation proved to be the winning solution.
Elements that have contributed to the success of the peace process were timing, credibility, impartiality, and the skill of the mediation team. Power diplomacy supported confidence building, ensuring that the political arrangements in the Accord were not left hanging through adequate political and economic incentives and coord The history of the Mozambican conflict is intertwined with the relations this part of Africa has had with Portugal since , when explorer Vasco da Gama arrived there during his voyage to India.
From that moment, relations between the two countries began initially as commercial, continuing with the establishment of a Portuguese military presence in , followed by the proclamation of Mozambique as a Portuguese colony in Under Salazar's dictatorship, Portugal, which considered Mozambique as its overseas extension, initiated a strong colonization effort starting in This period was characterized by a situation where no Mozambican could trade or do business independently, being completely dependent on the European component present in the country and by Lisbon's government's refusal to engage in any negotiations with independence movements.
This "blockade" led to a prolonged period of guerrilla warfare with the local population, which ended only in with the return of democracy in Portugal and the signing, in the same year, of an agreement for independence that would be proclaimed on June 25, However, with freedom and autonomy for the Mozambicans, peace did not follow.
