Africa-Press – Angola. Angola and Brazil signed, this Wednesday, in Brasilia, seven legal instruments and two minutes, within the framework of the relaunch of bilateral cooperation between the two States.
This is the agreement to avoid double taxation of profits from international air and maritime transport (ADT), a memorandum of understanding between the Ministries of Health of the two countries, a memorandum of understanding between the National Civil Aviation Authority of Angola (ANAC-ANGOLA ) and the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC-Brasil) on technical cooperation.
The two countries also signed a memorandum of understanding between the National Civil Aviation Authority of Angola (ANAC-ANGOLA) and the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC-Brasil) on open skies, a memorandum of understanding between the Society for the Development of Barra do Dande, SA of Angola (SDBD, SA and the Superintendency of the Manaus Free Trade Zone of Brazil (SUFRAMA).
The list also includes the memorandum of understanding between the National Institute for Research and Prevention of Transport Accidents in Angola (INIPAT) and the Center for Research and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents in Brazil (CENIPA), in the field of investigation and prevention of serious accidents in civil aircraft, the memorandum of understanding between the Diplomatic Academy “Venâncio de Moura” and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), the minutes of the VII Meeting of the Joint Commission and the II Meeting of the Joint Committee of the Agreement of Investment Cooperation and Facilitation (ACFI).
The Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministries of Health of the two countries aims at establishing broad inter-ministerial and inter-institutional cooperation in the field of health, bringing together technical, technological, scientific, financial and human resources, with the aim of modernizing the quality and scope of the human, material and infrastructural resources involved in medical assistance, postgraduate medical training in health and research in both countries.
For the ministers of Foreign Affairs of Angola, Téte António, and of Brazil, Mauro Vieira, the signing of these legal instruments represents the filling of a gap that existed, until now, between the two countries.
Cooperation between Angola and Brazil began to take shape on June 11, 1980, with the signing of the Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation Agreement.
Under this agreement, Angola and Brazil developed their cooperation in the areas of health, culture, public administration, professional training, education, environment, sports, statistics and agriculture.
Brazil was the first country in the world to recognize Angola’s independence, proclaimed on November 11, 1975, by then President António Agostinho Neto.
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