Africa-Press – Angola. Angola and Zambia this Wednesday strengthened bilateral cooperation, with the signing of six legal instruments, within the framework of the 72-hour State visit of the Zambian President, Hakainde Hichilema, to Angola.
The signing of five memorandums of understanding and an agreement was witnessed by the Head of State of Angola, João Lourenço, and his counterpart Hakainde Hichilema.
With regard to the memorandums of understanding, those of cooperation were signed between the National School of Administration and Public Policies (ENAPP) of Angola and the National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA), as well as between the sectors of Justice and Human Rights.
The other memorandums of understanding refer to the construction of border connection roads between both countries, in the Jimbe (Angola) – Mwinulunga/Mapelenga/Sikongo (Zambia) sections.
The cooperation between the Private Investment and Export Promotion Agency (AIPEX) and the Zambian Development Agency (ZDA) – Zambia’s Development Agency – is also included in the memorandums.
The fifth initialed Memorandum of Understanding is on cooperation between Angola’s National Institute of Quality Infrastructure (INIQ) and the Zambian Bureau of Standards (ZABS), regarding standardisation, conformity assessment and training.
On the occasion, Angola and Zambia also signed an agreement for the creation of the Bilateral Cooperation Commission.
In May 2018, Angola and Zambia had already signed five cooperation agreements, which, at the time, totaled 14 legal instruments signed between both States.
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