In a meeting on Monday, EU foreign ministers are expected to formally authorize a military training mission to Mozambique as well as endorse sanctions on Lebanese authorities.
In May, the bloc’s defence ministers agreed to send soldiers to Mozambique, which the foreign ministers are set to formalize now.
According to the European Union’s foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell, the mission would be comparable to ones already in place in Mali, the Central African Republic, and Somalia.
Portugal, which once ruled Mozambique as a colony, has already sent military soldiers to the country for training.
Other countries, including Germany and the Netherlands, have stated that they will not participate.
Since 2017, Islamist rebels in northern Mozambique have been carrying out savage attacks.
According to the UN Refugee Agency, more than 530,000 people have been displaced, and severe starvation is widespread.
Experts believe the uprising has its origins in local grievances: The region is impoverished and has been neglected by the government for a long time. Several attacks on the seashore have recently occurred on the coastal city of Palma among others.
EU ministers may potentially agree sanctions against Lebanese officials who are thought to be undermining the country’s democracy.
However, EU diplomats are split on whether this is likely to happen.
While some said on Friday that they anticipated ministers to support sanctions on a political level, others were more skeptical, pointing out that there are still numerous technical and judicial issues to be resolved.
Lebanon is in the midst of its biggest economic crisis since the end of a 15-year civil war in 1990.
Due to bickering among political adversaries, the country has also been unable to create a new administration since October.