Africa-Press – Angola. The ambassador of Guinea-Bissau to Angola, Apolinário Mendes de Carvalho, defended this Tuesday the implementation of legal agreements, signed in 2010, in the areas of natural resources, trade, military justice and transport.
In an interview, the diplomat said that work is being done for a joint bilateral Guinea-Bissau/Angola commission, to re-evaluate and redefine the priorities for implementing the agreements.
Apolinário Mendes de Carvalho said there was interest among Angolan businesspeople in investing in Guinea-Bissau, in the most diverse segments.
The diplomat added that the geography of the two countries has had an impact on the dynamics of cooperation, stressing that it would be easier if the two countries were in the same regional integration zone.
Regarding the Bissau-Guinean community in Angola, he pointed out the existence of around two thousand citizens of Guinea-Bissau controlled in Angola, many of them with residence status, highlighting the existence of 700 requests for residence certificates in the Foreign Migration Services (SME).
According to the diplomat, the Angolan Government created a policy to regularize all Bissau-Guinean citizens and those who were in detention for administrative reasons, such as lack of or expired visa, are now free.
Angola and Guinea-Bissau have maintained relations since the period of the anti-colonial struggle and for the emancipation of their respective peoples, based on friendship, fraternity and solidarity.
Recently, Angola defended the review and reestablishment of all agreements and protocols signed between the two countries until 2012, with a view to giving new dynamics to bilateral cooperation.
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