By Jane Mlambo| Government has denied reports that it has deployed soldiers to Mozambique to help in the fight against Islamic insurgency.

There were widespread reports that soldiers had been deployed to Mozambique without the blessing of parliament which according to the new constitution enacted in 2013 should approve such a plan, but Nick Mangwana who is the Permanent Secretary in the ministry of information, media and Broadcasting services said Zimbabwe had not deployed any troops.

“We are getting a lot media enquiries on weather Zimbabwe has deployed the Zimbabwe Defence Forces(ZDF) in Mozambique. The answer is that Zimbabwe has not deployed any troops in Mozambique,” said Mangwana.

Last week, President Emmerson Mnangagwa sneaked out of the country to Mozambique where he met his counterpart Fillipe Nyusi to discuss among other things the Islamic insurgency.

Thought a communique from the meeting did not indicate a decision to support Mozambique with troops, there were fears that they could have agreed to such a move.