Africa-Press – Angola. The Angolan head of state, João Lourenço, participated, this Friday night, in Gaborone, in an official banquet to be hosted by his Mokgweetsi counterpart Eric Masisi, before ending his two-day state visit.
João Lourenço is scheduled to return to Luanda on Saturday morning, according to the official visit programme.
This Friday morning, the Angolan statesman held a meeting with Masisi to review the cooperation relations between the two countries.
The meeting of the two heads of state was followed by a session of official talks between the delegations of the two countries, before a joint press conference.
During the press conference, the Angolan statesman said that Angola will rely on Botswana’s experience in the production, processing and marketing of diamonds.
In his speech, João Lourenço highlighted the reforms implemented in the diamond sector in that southern African country and considered an example to be followed by Angola.
In turn, the President of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Eric Masisi, considered the state visit made to the country by his Angolan counterpart, João Lourenço, to be “historic”.
Masisi underlined the fact that President Lourenço’s state visit took place at a time when Angola is preparing to host the next ordinary SADC summit and assume the presidency of this regional organization based in the Tswanese capital, Gaborone.
João Lourenço arrived in the Tswanese capital Thursday afternoon.
Angola and Botswana established diplomatic relations on February 18, 1976.
In February 2006, the two countries signed a General Cooperation Agreement.
In cooperation between Angola and Botswana, the diamond sector is a priority, along with education, health and the environment.
The two countries have as potential areas of cooperation the sectors of diamonds, education, health and environment.
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