Africa-Press – Angola. The Head of State, João Lourenço, expressed, Thursday (28), the desire to continue to privilege with Namibia a cooperation strategy increasingly based on the promotion, expansion and increase of political dialogue at the highest level, on issues of African and international politics.
In the message, addressed to the Namibian counterpart, Hage Geingob, which was carried by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, the “good relations existing between the two countries are highlighted, with a focus on the new dynamics of bilateral cooperation in the most varied areas of life”. political, diplomatic, economic and social”.
The demonstration by President João Lourenço comes after the recent official visit to Angola by the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Namibia, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah”. Meanwhile, the meeting between the Namibian Head of State, Hage Geingob, and the Angolan minister Téte António, which took place in Windhoek, also served to address issues of common interest regarding the continent, including within the scope of the agenda of statesman João Lourenço. , as African Union Champion for Peace and Reconciliation.
Gaborone
Just yesterday, Minister Téte António went on an official visit to Gaborone, Botswana, as a special envoy of the President of the Republic João Lourenço.
Without going into details about the objectives of his visit to that country, the note states that the head of Angolan diplomacy is accompanied by the director for Africa, the Middle East and Regional Organizations of MIREX and the ambassador of Angola in Ethiopia to the African Union and the United Nations Commission for Africa, Francisco da Cruz, and senior officials of the institution.
Political-diplomatic relations between Angola and Botswana date back to February 1976. In February 2006, the two countries signed a General Cooperation Agreement. Like Angola, Botswana is a member of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) which comprises 16 regional members.
The two countries are part of the Okavango/Zambezi project, shared equally by Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia, covering a total of 278,000 square kilometres.
The Okavango Basin is rich in biodiversity, with more than 400 species of birds and 100 mammals, among other animals, Angola has the second largest portion of the project with 87,000 square kilometers, behind Zambia, which provided 97,000 square kilometers of land.
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