Africa-Press – Angola. The ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain in Angola, Manuel Maria Lajarreta Lobo, defended Thursday, in Luanda, the promotion and dissemination of the Spanish language, with a view to obtaining satisfactory results from bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
The diplomat, who was speaking regarding the celebration of October 12th, Spain’s National Day, stated that “relations between Angola and Spain are intense” and cover important areas for the socio-economic progress of both nations.
Manuel Maria Lajarreta Lobo praised the Iberophone aspect, an important aspect for the use of both languages – Spanish and Portuguese -, stating that work is underway to achieve increasingly better results through the materialization of projects to promote and disseminate the Spanish language.
The renewable energy sector (solar, wind, green hydrogen), for example, greatly helps countries to complete the energy transition, a vision, according to the diplomat, seen during King Felipe VI’s visit to Angola, the first to a country of Sub-Saharan Africa, since taking office in February this year.
It is recalled that the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, made a state visit to the Kingdom of Spain in September 2021, which served to discuss with King Felipe VI issues linked to bilateral cooperation, which Luanda and Madrid want to see expanded.
Angola/Spain Cooperation
Cooperation and friendly relations between Angola and the Kingdom of Spain date back more than 40 years, based on the General Cooperation Agreement, signed on May 20, 1987.
Cooperation between the two countries has gained strength in the business sector, with the presence of Spanish companies in Angola, a fact that has led the two countries to outline a new framework of strategic priorities and boost the bilateral relationship to reach increasingly advantageous levels.
Trade balance
Angola imported the equivalent of US$127,618,515.25 in 2020, compared to US$120,765,719.48 in 2021. For 2022, the numbers point to US$211,284,522.42.
In relation to exports, in 2020 they amounted to US$417,115,914.98, and in 2021, US$444,456,907.91. In 2022 it is estimated at 2,386,309,430.43 dollars.
The trade balance between Angola and the Kingdom of Spain recorded, from 2020 to 2022, a surplus for Angola, in which the main imported products were machines, mechanical devices and instruments, motor vehicles, tractors and other land vehicles, in addition to electrical materials .
Among the most exported products are fuels, minerals, mineral oils and distillation products, bituminous materials, mineral waxes, fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, salt, sulfur, earth and stones, plaster, lime and cement, machinery , mechanical appliances and instruments, as well as coffee, tea and spices.
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