Africa-Press – Angola. Fifty officers from the Foreign Migration Service (SME) and an equal number of members from the Angolan Bar Association (OAA) began, in Luanda, a year-long training in the Mandarin language, to be taught at the Confúcios Institute belonging to the University Agostinho Neto.
At the opening ceremony of the course, which took place at the premises of the Angola-China Chamber of Commerce (CAC), the president of this institution, Luís Cupenala, highlighted the importance of learning Mandarin to the staff of bodies such as the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) , Criminal Investigation Services (SIC), the National Police, AGT and Foreign Migration Services (SME), for dealing daily with the Chinese community in the country, as well as facilitating conflict resolution and beyond.
The official praised the willingness shown by the SME and the Angolan Bar Association to join this project, which will facilitate its officers and associates to communicate effectively with the international market.
He made it known that CAC has always sought to establish business relationships with the Chinese community, which identified Angola as a space for implementing its investments.
For his part, the rector of the Agostinho Neto University, Pedro Magalhães, stated that the creation of the Confucius Institute at the institution he directs resulted from the agreement with the Confucius Institute in Beijing, in 2014, which aims to offer opportunities to Angolan students to learn and get to know the Chinese language and culture, as well as promote mutual friendship between the two peoples.
The president of the Angolan Bar Association, José Luís Domingos, considered the language as an indispensable instrument to facilitate interaction, legal advice, within the scope of foreign investments that are being implemented at country level, particularly by Chinese citizens.
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