Africa-Press – Angola. The president of the National Assembly (AN), Carolina Cerqueira, this Monday expressed gratitude for the solidarity of the Cuban people to all the causes of the Angolan Nation, especially in the most difficult moments of its history.
Speaking in Parliament, on the occasion of the State visit to Angola by the Cuban President, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, Carolina Cerqueira pointed out that the Cuban people have always given irrefutable proof of solidarity and fraternal friendship to all the causes of the Angolan Nation.
According to the leader of the Angolan parliament, the freedom and independence of Angola have an indissoluble mark of the tenacity and courage of the two peoples and cost the sacrifice of the heroes of both countries “who share indescribable historical ties”.
He recognized, on the occasion, that the Angolan State began to be built in a difficult and hostile environment, with the unconditional support of the Cuban people being decisive “to cool down the antagonistic interests forged by an internal conflict that was at the service of interests of the international orbit (…)”.
“Our Cuban brothers, on the other side of the Atlantic, thousands of miles away, crossing the Atlantic to unknown African lands and under the motto “Vida ou Muerte”, did not hesitate to stand shoulder to shoulder with the resilient Angolan people in the fight for freedom and the proclamation, on November 11, 1975, of national independence, hard won”, he stressed.
He noted that Angola would become a true epicenter of the Cold War in Africa, for whom the battles fought with the support of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba made it possible to contain the creation of neocolonial satellite States in the Southern Region of Africa and the liberation of the people of Namibia and South Africa under the apartheid regime.
Carolina Cerqueira pointed out that the heroic trajectory of Cuban support at that time made an important incursion into the most precarious and crucial moments in Angola’s history.
He highlighted the processes of diplomatic negotiation and defensive military interventions such as Operation Carlota, the battles of N’Tó, Ebo, Kifangondo, Lucena, Camgamba and Cuito Cuanavale, among others, which were decisive for the end of the presence of the Apartheid and for the independence of Namibia.
He highlighted the fact that Cuba, despite being in a climate of economic difficulties, due to an international embargo, which it condemned, does not hesitate to manifest its international spirit in favor of the defense of the peoples of the whole world.
Before the plenary, he paid tribute to “the noble sons of the Cuban homeland” who perished.
He emphasized that, as representatives of the people, they must honor political, diplomatic, economic and cultural ties, “in order to strengthen them and implement their application in an environment of good and healthy coexistence”.
Interparliamentary cooperation
Carolina Cerqueira expressed the willingness of the Angolan Parliament to continue to boost and strengthen interparliamentary cooperation and ties between the two peoples, through the Angola and Cuba Friendship groups.
For the realization of this design of responsibility, he promised the Cuban statesman the support of the Angolan deputies, “who will continue to mobilize all efforts to, within the framework of parliamentary diplomacy, reinforce the mechanisms of regular consultation and exchange of experiences at political and national level. parliamentary administration.
The solemn extraordinary plenary session was witnessed by representatives of the Association of Angolan former students in the Republic of Cuba.
The Coral group of the National Assembly performed the famous Cuban song Guantanamera.
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