Africa-Press – Angola. Brazilian President Lula da Silva and his Angolan counterpart, João Lourenço, signed memorandums of understanding today focused on strengthening cooperation between Petrobras and Sonangol and in the agricultural sector.
The agreements were signed at the Planalto Palace, after a bilateral meeting between Lula da Silva and João Lourenço, who has been in Brasília since Thursday on a three-day state visit.
The two countries signed a total of four memorandums of understanding.
The first concerns the promotion and defense of the rights of people with disabilities, people affected by leprosy and children and adolescents.
Another agreement, signed between the Brazilian Federal Police and the Angolan National Police, aims to combat organized and transnational crime, drug trafficking, terrorism, human trafficking, illegal migration, illegal firearms trafficking, money laundering, document forgery and cybercrime.
In the agricultural area, Brazil and Angola signed a memorandum to strengthen family farming in southern Angola.
Finally, an agreement was signed between the state-owned oil giants Petrobras and Sonangol to develop cooperation in the areas of renewable energy, oil, gas, technology and training.
The Brazilian President received his Angolan counterpart on the second day of João Lourenço’s visit to Brazil.
João Lourenço and his wife, Ana Dias Lourenço, arrived at the Planalto Palace, in Brasília, at 10:00 (14:00 in Lisbon), having been received by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his wife, Janja.
At the Planalto Palace, the two leaders held a bilateral meeting, which was preceded by a memorandum signing ceremony and a joint statement to the press.
This will be followed by a lunch at the Itamaraty Palace, headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and a meeting with representatives of rural producers.
Brazil was the first country to recognize Angola after the country’s independence on November 11, 1975, and the two countries have maintained a close bilateral relationship, with cooperation agreements in several areas.
João Lourenço had previously been in Brazil to participate in the inauguration ceremony of Lula da Silva, who took office for a third term in January 2023.
The Brazilian President visited Angola in August 2023, his first visit to an African country in his new term, and his third official trip to Angola, after trips made in 2003 and 2007.
On Saturday, the last day of the visit, João Lourenço will meet with African ambassadors on a mission in Brazil and members of the Caribbean Community (Caricom).
João Lourenço arrived in Brazil on Thursday for a three-day state visit, at the invitation of the Brazilian head of state, having already held meetings with Davi Alcolumbre, president of the Federal Senate, the upper house of the Brazilian parliament, with Hugo Motta, president of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house, and, lastly, with the president of the Supreme Federal Court, Luís Roberto Barroso.
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