Africa-Press – Angola. Angolan President João Lourenço proposed on Friday, in Lisbon, greater coordination between the CPLP countries so that Portuguese is recognized as a working language in the United Nations and other multilateral organizations.
Speaking during the official dinner hosted by his Portuguese counterpart, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the Angolan Head of State reiterated the principle of rotation in the presidency of the CPLP, as a way to ensure equity between member states.
During his speech, João Lourenço praised the maturity and vitality of relations between Angola and Portugal, stressing that the two countries knew how to transform “a relationship of subjugation into an example of friendship and mutually advantageous cooperation”.
The President of the Republic proposed a new stage of strategic cooperation between the two States, with emphasis on the sectors of industry, agriculture, mining and science, and underlined the signing, on Friday, of 11 new bilateral legal instruments, aimed at deepening collaboration in various areas.
He said that, despite the density of the exchange, there is a vast field of opportunities to be explored in the bilateral relationship, whose progress he classified as
In the framework of the 50 years of national independence, President João Lourenço addressed an invitation to his Portuguese counterpart to participate in the central ceremony of the celebrations.
He also warned of the global challenges affecting countries, with emphasis on climate change, food and energy insecurity and international instability, calling for the need for more vigorous joint action in the face of these threats.
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