Africa-Press – Angola. Angolan Foreign Affairs minister Téte Antonio met on Tuesday in Changsha (China) with China’s Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, with whom he discussed the strengthening of political and diplomatic relations between the two countries, the state of economic and trade cooperation, and an exchange of views on the international situation.
According to a press release, the meeting took place on the sidelines of the Ministerial Conference of Coordinators for the Implementation of the Results of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) to be held on Wednesday.
Téte Antonio and Wang Yi also discussed Angola’s Presidency of the African Union and the need to increase institutional and business visits, emphasizing the level of Chinese investment in Angola, with a focus on ongoing structural projects such as the Caculo Cabaça Hydroelectric Plant, Porto Caio, Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport (AIAAN), and the Lobito refinery.
The two diplomats analyzed issues related to the Summit on Infrastructure Financing in Africa to be held in October in Luanda, and the urgent need for financing in the health sector on the African continent, with an emphasis on scientific research and the fight against major endemic diseases.
Regional and multilateral situation and mutual support in international forums in which the two countries participate also dominated the meeting’s agenda.
Angola is China’s largest trading partner in Africa, with a turnover of 24.8 billion US dollars in 2010 alone.
Ten years later, the value of trade with China rose to 61 percent.
In 2018, the year President João Lourenço visited Beijing, China approved a new 2 billion US dollars financing line.
This partnership is based on equality and mutually beneficial advantages and, in addition to contributing to the development of both countries, has been helping to establish a new international political and economic order and promote the democratization of international relations.
In Angola, China operates in a wide range of areas of the country’s economic and social life, with a strong presence in the areas of staff training. It has been instrumental in the construction and equipping of the Integrated Technological Training Center (CINFOTEC) in Huambo province and the Venâncio de Moura Diplomatic Academy in Luanda, as well as providing scholarships for young Angolans.
Relations between Angola and China date back to 1983 and reached their peak in 2000, when the Asian giant began lending to the country to rebuild infrastructure destroyed by war and to boost the national economy.
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