Africa-Press – Angola. The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, Friday sent an invitation to his Ghanaian counterpart, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to participate in the 3rd edition of the Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace and Non-Violence – Biennial in Luanda, to be held from the 22nd to the 24th of November 2023, in Angola.
According to a press note sent Saturday, the message was conveyed by the Angolan ambassador to Ghana, João Baptista Domingos Quiosa, who handed it over to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of that country, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey.
Angola and Ghana enjoy good relations of friendship and cooperation in various fields.
The recent official visits of the two Statesmen to their respective countries, which culminated in the signing of agreements in the areas of Agriculture, Defence, Fisheries, Training and Education, Transport and Mining Industry, attest, to a great extent, the positive interest in strengthening and expanding these relations.
The Biennial of Luanda, which will take place under the motto “Education, Culture of Peace and African Citizenship, as Tools for the Sustainable Development of the Continent”, seeks to contribute to three fundamental purposes, among which the implementation of the “Action Plan for a Culture of Peace in Africa/Actuemos pela Paz”, adopted in March 2013, in Luanda.
The event was instituted by Decision 558/XXIV, adopted by the 24th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the AU, in 2015, which directed the African Union Commission (AUC) to work, in concert with UNESCO and the Government of the Republic of Angola, for its materialization.
Bilateral cooperation has lasted four decades
Angola and Ghana, which share a common history in the struggle for national independence, initialed the first legal and cooperation instruments in 1976.
In 2019, the two countries signed a Memorandum in the field of Education, with a view to the mobility of professors and researchers in higher education institutions and scientific research centers.
In the same year, an understanding was signed on the operation of the Bilateral Cooperation Commission and on the suppression of visas in diplomatic and service passports.
In another agreement, the two States defined the lines for the strengthening of cooperation in the areas of agriculture, defence, fisheries, training and education, transport and mining industry.
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