Africa-Press – Angola. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, addressed this Monday, in Luanda, issues on preventive diplomacy in order to avoid conflicts in the countries of the region with the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for African Affairs, Martha Pobee.
During the meeting between the head of Angolan diplomacy and the UN Under-Secretary-General for African Affairs, issues related to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Central African Republic (CAR) were reviewed.
Senior leaders also assessed issues of peace and security in the Central and Southern regions of the African continent, with particular emphasis on the Great Lakes.
The meeting also served to examine the various existing mechanisms in the African sub-region within the framework of a strategic vision and engagement of the United Nations in matters of peace and security in the region.
The diplomat stressed that Angola is further strengthening its partnership with the United Nations in the area of regional peace and security.
“We think it is imperative that all of us are imbued with the same spirit and walk hand in hand in the search for solutions for lasting peace in the various parts of our continent and always in the trilogy of peace, development and human rights so that the African populations can benefit from it in their own way. completeness”, he underlined.
On the occasion, the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for African Affairs considered the meeting very fruitful, highlighting the reflections for a better partnership between the Republic of Angola and the United Nations in matters of peace and security in the region that could bring tangible results on the ground to support existing regional initiatives.
The meeting was attended by the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Angola, Zahira Virani, in addition to senior officials from MIREX and the United Nations.
The Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for African Affairs, Martha Pobee, has been in the country since Sunday (12) for a two-hour visit as part of the reinforcement of cooperation between Angola and the United Nations.
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