Africa-Press – Angola. The Ambassador of Belgium to Angola, Jazef Smets, announced that business groups from the Antwerp World Diamond Center (Antwerp World Diamond Center) would soon arrive, intending to set up diamond processing plants in the territory. national.
Jazef Smets began by emphasizing the importance of strengthening the capacity of the diamond sector in Angola, “in the logic of the transfer of skills, which they have in Antwerp due to their proximity”, so that the national market can benefit more from the excellent mineral resources through the commercialization of refined products and provide employment opportunities for thousands of young people, who will become professionalized in this important segment of the world economy.
“Belgium companies value the quality of diamonds from Angola and we have all the respect for the ambition of the Angolan authorities to build a more professional diamond sector, with added value. In this context, it is better to work here in order to diversify contracts here from than in Antwerp, at the AWDC. Our conclusion is that we have to create a space, climate or instruments of proximity, encourage entrepreneurs so that the private sector assumes the main role in the activity, which involves the creation of favorable fiscal conditions for maintain the presence of investors”.
The construction of infrastructure by the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas are, in the view of the Belgian ambassador, some of the premises that encourage investors from Antwerp to come to the Angolan market.
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