Africa-Press – Angola. The Angolan ambassador to Ethiopia, Miguel Bembe, this Tuesday expressed the country’s interest in exploring new areas of bilateral cooperation in the justice and human rights sector.
According to a note from the Angolan diplomatic representation, speaking during a meeting with the general director for African Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Fesseha Shawul Gebere, the Angolan diplomat guaranteed that the country is available to discuss cooperation opportunities in the agriculture and agro-industry sectors, including the creation of industrial parks.
“Angola would like to acquire Ethiopia’s experience in agri-food/agro-processing industry and technology. Ethiopia will provide the Angolan side with more information on its potential in these areas, as well as in the pharmaceutical industry and in the environment sector, specifically in the recycling of solid waste”, emphasized Miguel Bembe.
When characterizing the state of bilateral political-diplomatic relations, Miguel Bembe qualified them as excellent, but recognized the need for their expansion, in the sense of corresponding to the current socio-economic development and the strategic influence of both countries on the African continent and not only.
In this context, he underlined that during his mandate as Angola’s ambassador to Ethiopia, in line with the strategic priorities of the country’s foreign policy, he defined as one of his priorities working to strengthen and consolidate the bonds of friendship that unite the respective peoples, as well as and cooperation, both bilaterally and multilaterally.
The two legal instruments that already existed between Angola and Ethiopia surfaced, namely the Bilateral Air Services Agreement, of May 1977, complemented by the Memorandum of Understanding of September 1998 and the Commercial Agreement on the Exchange of Products and Goods, of January 1981. Both documents need updating.
Likewise, Ambassador Miguel Bembe mentioned Angola’s readiness to sign three legal instruments already negotiated, namely, the General Cooperation Agreement in the Economic, Technical, Scientific and Cultural domains, the Agreement on the Exemption of Visas in Diplomatic and Service and the Memorandum of Understanding for the Establishment of Political Consultation Mechanisms, between the Angolan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In turn, the Ethiopian interlocutor also considered it opportune to review the draft Agreement on Air Services, sent to the Angolan side since 2016.
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