Africa-Press – Angola. The diplomatic action of the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, within the framework of the 48-hour official visit to the Republic of Korea, is among the main highlights of the political news of the week that ends, Saturday (4),.
Among the various activities within the framework of this trip to that country are the meeting with his counterpart Yoon Suk-Yeol and official talks between delegations from the two countries.
At the opening of the meeting, João Lourenço highlighted that, after 31 years of exchange and trade, the two States are in a position to enhance their cooperation, given the magnitude of their resources.
He said that there are many sectors in which this increase must begin, included in the agreements yet to be signed, so that Angola can also absorb the steps taken by Korea, which has become a very developed country in a short time.
At the official banquet hosted by President Yoon Suk-Yeol, the Angolan leader called for greater frontality and courage from the international community in managing global crises.
He said that “we live in an increasingly troubled world”, with old conflicts that cannot be resolved and new ones that are emerging, across all regions of our planet.
Another noteworthy aspect was related to the fact that President João Lourenço also expressed an interest in seeing manufacturing units for South Korean brands installed in Angola as a way of consolidating the economic partnership between the two countries.
At the first Business Forum between the two countries, which brought together public and private agents, he said that “we are very interested in seeing heavy machinery, automobile and electronics manufacturing units installed in our country, as part of the solid and lasting partnership that we want to build between our economies and our people”.
In another area, the political division of press highlighted the statements made by the Chinese ambassador to Angola, Zhang Bin, who said that the volume of trade between the two nations reached, in 2023, twenty-three (23) billion US dollars. American.
The diplomat, who was speaking to the press at the end of the meeting with the Vice-President of the Republic, Esperança da Costa, pointed out that Chinese investment reached these figures as a result of existing commercial relations and exchanges.
Zhang Bin also highlighted that there are many Chinese companies interested in investing in Angola and the embassy will help to realize these interests.
The request by the secretary general of the SADC Parliamentary Forum (FP), Boemo Sekgoma, for Angola’s continued leadership in mobilizing other countries to sign the treaty relating to the automatic transformation of this body into a Regional Parliament also made headlines.
Boemo Sekgoma made this statement after a hearing with the president of the National Assembly, Carolina Cerqueira, which served to review regional cooperation, relating to the SADC parliament, and the preparation of the 55th plenary to take place in the country and aimed at renewable energy.
Press also highlighted the news surrounding the results of the implementation of guarantee judges, one year after their institutionalization.
Speaking during the celebration of the guarantees judge’s first year in office, the president of the Supreme Court (TS), Joel Leonardo, said that, in this period, approximately 20 thousand cases have been evaluated by them since he took office, in 2023.
On the occasion, he noted that, according to the reports, the problems of transportation, mobility of inmates, spaces for hearings, among others, do not stand up to the advantages obtained by citizens in having a judge of guarantees closer to them, through the empire of due legal process.
The work carried out by guarantee judges, as well as their rapid adaptation to a work model that was previously unknown to them, was highlighted by the Attorney General of the Republic, Hélder Pitta Gróz, at the event.
Pitta Gróz said that it was necessary to carry out this task, its application and dissemination.
Regarding the matter, the president of the Angolan Bar Association (OAA), José Luís Domingos, stated that, despite the merit of the creation of the guarantees judge, this has not yet addressed the weaknesses of the procedural system.
José Luís Domingos justified that its implementation, in many cases, has contributed to the worsening of the fragility of the situation of defendants and detainees in the country.
Also highlighted this week was the speech by the Minister of National Defense, Former Combatants and Veterans of the Country, João Ernesto dos Santos, in Cape Verde, where he highlighted the actions of national authorities in favor of the well-being of the country’s heroes.
Speaking during the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of Prisoners from the Tarrafal Concentration Camp, he stressed that, among these actions, are the construction of symbolic representations, including monuments and sites, important infrastructures in the process of consolidating the teaching of history to current youth and future generations.
Another highlight of press’s political desk was the participation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Nordic and African countries.
The event addressed topics linked to increased cooperation and trade between both regions, as well as the green transition and food value chains.
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