Africa-Press – Angola. Political analyst Matias Pires highlighted Angola’s commitment to establishing peace and security on the African continent, with particular emphasis on the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Matias Pires, specialist in International Relations, spoke about the “effects of intra-African cooperation in combating destabilization actions in the continent’s states”, having, on the occasion, highlighted the actions of President João Lourenço to pacify Africa.
Matias Pires referred that Angola was part of the SADC peace mission for the stabilization of Lesotho and participates in the mission that seeks to restore peace and stability in the Cabo Delgado region, in Mozambique.
The specialist explained that the President committed himself to rapprochement and de-escalation of tension between Rwanda and Uganda, an action that led to the signature of the Luanda memorandum, in 2019, and implemented until the reopening of the Catuna – Gatuna border, in the beginning 2020, and the Roadmap of Luanda, in 2022.
“Angola has accumulated a vast experience of this nature, of understanding the conflicts, the result of the long period of civil war. It has been contributing to the country exporting its doctrine of peace and reconciliation, a unique model in Africa”, she said.
Matias Pires stressed that Angola is entering the 21st year of effective peace, with full reconciliation and social, political and economic reintegration of those involved in the armed conflict.
He recalled that Angola fulfilled, in the last 21 years, two mandates as a non-permanent member of the Security Council of the United Nations.
“Angola has played a great role in terms of conflict management and resolution on the continent. The country’s first President, António Agostinho Neto, defined the principle of solidarity with the oppressed peoples”, said the analyst, for whom the country continues to make huge efforts towards achieving peace in the DRC.
“Many steps have already been taken, fulfilling the mandate that the African Union granted to President João Lourenço, but the political will of the parties is fundamental and there is also a need for external negative forces to drop the support they provide to the M23”, he reinforced.
Still on the role of Angola, he recalled that as acting President of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, President João Lourenço contributed to the maintenance of the President of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, democratically elected, against the attempts of the his overthrow by rebel groups.
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