Africa-Press – Angola. The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, is already at the Presidential Palace, in Luanda, where a meeting is scheduled with the Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, followed by the signing of agreements between the countries.
At the Presidential Palace, in Cidade Alta, official talks are also planned at the level of government delegations, speeches by the two Heads of State and the signing of cooperation agreements.
In the pipeline are at least 11 cooperation agreements, with emphasis on the sectors of agriculture, health, inclusive education, transport, creation of small and medium-sized companies.
During the ceremony, Angola and Brazil will also be able to sign agreements regarding the processing, treatment and transfer of Public Administration data, as well as on the reciprocal support for candidacies in international institutions.
President Lula da Silva arrived in Luanda on Thursday night, coming from Johannesburg, South Africa, where he participated, from the 22nd to the 24th, in the 15th Summit of the BRICS, a bloc of countries with emerging economies formed by Brazil, Russia, India , China and South Africa.
Cooperation between Angola and Brazil began on June 11, 1980, with the signing of the Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation Agreement.
Under this agreement, the two countries developed bilateral cooperation in the areas of health, culture, public administration, professional training, education, environment, sports, statistics and agriculture.
Brazil was the first country in the world to recognize Angola’s independence, proclaimed on November 11, 1975, by then President António Agostinho Neto.
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