Brussels, Belgium — A delegation of the Belgian Senate has left Brussels for a working visit to Mozambique and Zimbabwe, official sources said in Brussels.

The seven senators led by Marcel Colla, chairman of the Senate's Foreign Affairs Commission will visit development co- operation projects funded by Belgium in both African countries, the sources said Tuesday.

Mozambique, considered by Brussels as a privileged partner in Southern Africa, is one of the 25 countries receiving Belgian public development aid.

Thus, a pilot programme for AIDS eradication has been financed in Mozambique. Hundreds of thousands of special medical kits, sent by Belgium as part of efforts to eradicate AIDS- related opportunistic diseases, are being distributed to the population free of charge since the beginning of this year.

Belgian Secretary of State for Cooperation, Eddy Boutmans, last week disbursed 10 million Belgian francs to help facilitate the transportation of flood victims by South-African helicopters.

In Zimbabwe, the Belgian senatorial delegation will enquire about the situation of the white farmers, several of whose property have been expropriated by veterans of the Zimbabwean liberation struggle.

Belgian expatriates are among affected Zimbabwean white farmers.

Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt and Foreign Minister Louis Michel raised the issue with Zimbabwean Robert Mugabe during a visit in Brussels on Monday.