Africa-Press – Angola. The Venâncio de Moura Diplomatic Academy will hold, from the 21st to the 26th of this month, in Luanda, the second edition to celebrate its Patron’s Day, in an act presided over by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António.
According to the program, the opening of the broadcast of the program “África Magazine” by Rádio Nacional de Angola (RNA) will be made from the Diplomatic Academy Venâncio de Moura, with the special participation of the ambassador and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António.
The celebration ceremony also reserves cultural moments, namely musical performance, theater, poetry, photographic exhibition, handicraft, books and food fair, in addition to recreational activities such as indoor football, field tennis, among others.
The act is open to the public upon presentation of the vaccine certificate or negative Covid-19 test carried out in the last 48 hours.
For the deputy director-general for the Area of Studies and Research of the Diplomatic Academy, Matias Pires, Venâncio de Moura is one of the most prestigious figures in Angolan diplomacy “because while he lived he was in all stages of our diplomatic activity”.
Matias Pires also said that Venâncio de Moura was part of the first group of diplomats after the proclamation of independence and was among the figures who created the current Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“In 1978, the first Angolan ambassador to the Republic of Italy was appointed, the first country in Western Europe to recognize Angola’s independence”, recalled the academic, quoted by RNA.
The analyst for international affairs, João Benedito, considers that the tribute paid to the figure of Venâncio de Moura should inspire youth to follow the same example.
Venâncio de Moura, an unavoidable figure in Angolan diplomacy, was also one of the signatories of the Lusaka Protocol, by the Angolan Government, in November 1994. He dedicated 23 years to diplomacy, one as ambassador to Italy and 22 in the positions of deputy and minister of Foreign Affairs.
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