Africa-Press – Angola. The South African ambassador to Angola, Oupa Ephraim Monareng, praised, this Tuesday, the efforts of President João Lourenço in the search for peace and stabilization of the Great Lakes Regions and SADC.
The South African diplomat expressed such recognition at the end of a meeting with the President of the National Assembly, Carolina Cerqueira.
Due to his commitment to peace on the continent, especially within the scope of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (CIRGL), the Angolan statesman was, in 2022, designated by the African Union “Champion for Reconciliation and Peace in Africa”.
Oupa Ephraim Monareng also congratulated Angola for assuming, in August, the rotating presidency of the Community for the Development of Southern Africa (SADC) and guaranteed the support of South Africa during the Angolan presidency in the regional body.
The diplomat reaffirmed, on the occasion, South Africa’s commitment to increasingly deepen cooperation with Angola.
He made it known that, through diplomatic channels, the two governments are working so that President João Lourenço can carry out, during this year, a state visit to South Africa.
According to the South African diplomat, the initial date of the state visit, which was July 21, was postponed “and this led us to have a consultation with the foreign ministers of Angola and South Africa last week”.
The ambassador, who considered the relations between the two countries historic, recognized the contribution of the people and government of Angola during the struggle against colonialism and Apartheid in South Africa.
SADC Parliamentary Forum
The South African diplomat made it known that his country is committed to finding an appropriate date for the signing of a treaty that approves the creation of the SADC Parliamentary Forum in a regional Parliament.
Bilateral Relations
Bilateral cooperation relations between Angola and South Africa have their legal framework based on the General Agreement on Economic, Scientific, Technical and Cultural Cooperation, signed on April 29, 1998, in Luanda, during the visit of the then South African President, Nelson Mandela, to the country.
In order to pursue the objectives defined by the aforementioned legal instrument and materialize the principles established therein, several Cooperation Agreements were signed between the two countries, among which the Agreement on the creation of the Bilateral Commission, signed on 20 November 2000, in Luanda.
On the basis of the General Cooperation Agreement, 4 (four) sessions of the Bilateral Cooperation Commission were held alternately in Luanda and Pretoria, with the 4th and last session being held from 11 to 14 July 2017, in Luanda.
Relations between the two countries are considered excellent, based on ties of friendship and solidarity that date back to the beginnings of the national liberation struggles and against Apartheid and the maintenance of independence, whose final objective has always been the promotion and development of the social well-being of both countries and their respective peoples.
Morocco ensures technical support of the IPU Conference
Also this Tuesday, the president of the National Assembly, Carolina Cerqueira, spoke with the ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco accredited in the country, Saadia El Alaqui.
The diplomat said that during the meeting with her interlocutor they reviewed the state of bilateral relations and parliamentary cooperation, having assured technical support from her country during the 147th General Assembly of the Interparliamentary Union (UIP) that Angola will host this year.
Angola is the first African State and the second Portuguese-speaking one, after Brazil, to organize the biggest event of parliaments in the world, for which 1,500 foreign delegates are expected.
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