Africa-Press – Angola. Brazilian professor and researcher Eduardo Filippi considered Thursday, in Luanda, that his country, with the election of Lula da Silva as President of the Republic, will once again be more present in African issues.
The researcher, who was speaking to the press at the end of a round table on “Perspectives of Brazil’s Foreign Policy for Africa in the Lula Government”, referred that his country has been absent from African issues for the last four years and hopes that President Lula da Silva , from the Angola-Brazil relationship, can project this country on the African continent.
For Eduardo Filippi, who is a professor at the Federal University of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, cooperation between Angola and Brazil will continue in the field of agriculture and health.
During the round table, one of the lecturers, Brazilian professor André da Silva, mentioned that historically there has been an oscillation in relations between Brazil and Africa that depend a lot on the internal dynamics of African countries.
According to him, when there is some ascendancy from the African continent, whether from a political, diplomatic or economic point of view, they tend to receive greater attention from Brazil.
When the continent, according to professor André Silva, presents some fragility, this repels any approximation between Brazil and Africa.
On his turn, the assistant director general for the area of study and investigation of the Venâncio de Moura Diplomatic Academy, Matias Pires, speaking as moderator of the round table, said that this event demonstrates that Brazil is very attached to relations with Angola.
The Strategic Partnership between Angola and Brazil was signed in 2010, however technical cooperation between the two republics began to take shape in 1980 with the signing of the Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation Agreement, on June 11 of that year.
Under this agreement, Brazil and Angola developed cooperation in the areas of health, culture, public administration, professional training, education, environment, sports, statistics and agriculture.
Remember that Brazil was the first country to recognize the independence of Angola, proclaimed on November 11, 1975.
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