Africa-Press – Angola. Brazil requested, on Friday (21), Angola’s support for the candidacy of Professor Leonardo Brant to the International Court of Justice, whose elections are scheduled for November 4 this year, as well as thanking him for his cordial greetings on the occasion of the celebrations of the Bicentennial of the Independence of the Federative Republic of Brazil, on 7 September.
The information is contained in a communiqué that emerged from a meeting between Esmeralda Bravo Conde da Silva Mendonça, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Angola, and Ambassador Gonçalo de Barros Carvalho e Mello Mourão, special emissary of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Brazil.
The occasion was also used for the two entities to discuss matters of common interest, with particular emphasis on the framework of strengthening cooperation in the most varied areas between the two countries. During the meeting, the two entities also addressed the General Elections in Brazil, and Esmeralda Mendonça hoped they would be successful.
The Secretary of State recalled that Brazil was the first country to recognize Angola’s independence and that around 70 cooperation agreements have already been signed between the two traditional partners, with emphasis on the Strategic Partnership Agreement, which reinforced bilateral cooperation.
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