Africa-Press – Angola. The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, highlighted, this Friday, the importance of opening Angolan embassies in Australia, Indonesia and East Timor, especially in the latter.
When intervening in the inauguration ceremony of the ambassadors in the referred countries, the Head of State considered “incomprehensible situation” the fact that only now Angola has an embassy in East Timor.
João Lourenço underlined that East Timor was the only State of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) in which Angola did not have an embassy, “a situation (…) that is now being corrected”.
The CPLP is a privileged multilateral forum for the deepening of mutual friendship and cooperation between its members.
Along with Angola and East Timor, the organization, created on July 17, 1996, includes Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Portugal, Mozambique, as well as São Tomé and Príncipe.
As for Australia and Indonesia, the Angolan statesman considered important countries in the Asian region where Angola “was poorly represented”.
On the occasion, President João Lourenço recommended that the new ambassadors work to attract more tourists to Angola, as well as businessmen, within the framework of opening up to direct private investment.
The ambassadors to Australia, António Manuel Luvualu de Carvalho, to Indonesia, Florêncio Mariano da Conceição e Almeida and to East Timor, José Andrade de Lemos, took office at the Presidential Palace today (Friday).
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