Africa-Press – Angola. The Angolan ambassador to Ethiopia, Djibouti and permanent representative to the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (CEA), Francisco José da Cruz, praised the actions that President João Lourenço is carrying out as a Champion for Peace and Reconciliation in Africa.
Speaking at the official reception on the occasion of the National Day (November 11), the diplomat explained that the President of the Republic is leading the mobilization of political support and cooperation from the Member States, as well as galvanizing international aid so that greater importance to the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts in Africa.
He highlighted that, within the scope of the principle of complementarity and subsidiarity, the Malabo African Summit mandated him, last May, as president of the International Conference for the Great Lakes Region, to maintain contacts with the DRC and Rwanda, due to the crisis policy between these two countries and inform diplomatic efforts for the immediate silencing of weapons in the region and the rapid restoration of dialogue mechanisms between the two Member States.
Francisco José da Cruz also emphasized the historical and friendly relations between Angola and Ethiopia, based on the common position on multilateralism as a way of solving global problems and Pan-Africanism to achieve the “Africa we want”, based on the implementation of the AU Agenda 2063.
He recalled that both countries signed the Bilateral Air Services Agreement in May 1977, which was complemented by a Memorandum of Understanding in September 1998 to allow their airlines to carry out daily passenger and/or cargo flights between the two capitals.
“This cooperation is deepening, so the Angolan national airline, TAAG, benefits from Ethiopian Airlines’ services in the training of its pilots and maintenance of its aircraft”, underlined ambassador Francisco José da Cruz.
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