Africa-Press – Angola. Angola and Morocco established, Tuesday (25), mechanisms to boost bilateral cooperation, in the economic and commercial aspects, with a view to common interests.
In a bilateral meeting, held by videoconference, the heads of diplomacy from Angola, Téte António, and from Morocco, Nasser Bourita, reviewed aspects related to the Joint Commission and the expansion of cooperation.
They also discussed issues related to multilateralism, with emphasis on the African Union, namely the holding of the 35th Ordinary Session of this organization, to be held from February 5th to 6th, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Political and diplomatic relations between Angola and the Kingdom of Morocco date back to the beginning of the process of the National Liberation Struggle of African Peoples against colonial domination.
Following Angola’s independence, the two governments decided to establish diplomatic relations, through the installation of embassies in Luanda and Rabat.
In October 1988, the General Agreement on Economic, Scientific, Technical and Cultural Cooperation was signed, which allowed for the holding of the first Session of the Angolan-Moroccan Bilateral Joint Commission, in Rabat, in October 1989.
The second Meeting of the Bilateral Joint Commission between the two countries took place in November 2013, in Luanda.
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On Friday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, held a telephone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, Sheik Abllah Bin Zahed, with whom he discussed the latest terrorist events in that Middle Eastern country, as well as how to analyze multilateral and bilateral issues.
Jornal de Angola mentioned, in its edition yesterday, that the conversation was with the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, which is not true. Regarding bilateral matters, Téte António and Abllah Bin Zahed reviewed the agreements signed during the recent State visit of President João Lourenço to the United Arab Emirates.
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