Africa-Press – Angola. The Kingdom of Spain holds, in December this year, a High Level Meeting between the countries of the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) on industrial investments in Africa that generate jobs.
The information was given to the press this Wednesday by the Spanish ambassador to Angola, Manuel Lejarreta, at the end of a working meeting with the deputies of the third commission of the National Assembly.
The Spanish diplomat, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, hopes that Angola will have an active participation in this high-level meeting.
He considered the event of capital importance for Africa because it fits into the vision of the 2063 agenda of the African Union (AU).
Among other goals, the AU Agenda 2063 aspires for Africa to have a consolidated culture of human rights, democracy, gender equality, inclusion and peace.
The aforementioned agenda also aspires for Africa to have prosperity, protection and security for all its citizens, mechanisms for the promotion and defense of the continent’s collective interests, as well as continental integration.
The Spanish diplomat noted, on the occasion, that relations between Angola and Spain are recommended and “are in very good health”, having been strengthened with the visit to Angola of the King of Spain, Felipe VI, in February this year.
Relations between Angola and Spain are governed by the General Cooperation Agreement, signed on May 20, 1987. The two countries established diplomatic relations on October 19, 1977.
Cooperation between the two countries has intensified in the business sector. There are more than 60 companies operating in the country in different sectors.
The trade balance between Angola and the Kingdom of Spain recorded, from 2020 to 2022, a surplus situation for Angola, in which the main imported products were machinery, mechanical devices and instruments, motor vehicles, tractors and other land vehicles, in addition to materials electric.
Among the most exported products, there are fuels, minerals, mineral oils and products from their distillation, bituminous materials, mineral waxes, fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, salt, sulphur, earth and stones, gypsum, lime and cement, machines, appliances and mechanical instruments, as well as coffee and teas and spices.
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