Africa-Press – Angola. The Head of State of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, this Friday paid homage to the first President of Angola, António Agostinho Neto, with the laying of a wreath on the sarcophagus of the Memorial adjacent to Praça da República.
The Brazilian statesman, who was accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Angola, Téte António, and by senior officials of his Government, recorded, in the institution’s honor book, his admiration for the vision and work of Agostinho Neto, considering him “an outstanding politician, poet and national hero of Angola”.
Lula da Silva said he shared Agostinho’s idea that freedom materializes through social justice (…)”.
The first President of Angola was born on September 17, 1922, in Kaxicane, Icolo e Bengo region, in the province of Luanda, and died on September 10, 1979, in Moscow (former USSR), due to illness.
Lula da Silva has been in the country since Thursday for a State visit, where he will remain until Sunday (27), the day he will travel to São Tomé and Príncipe, for the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Language Countries Portuguese (CPLP).
The two Heads of State will meet friday at the Presidential Palace, in Cidade Alta, followed by the signing of agreements.
In the pipeline are 11 cooperation agreements aimed essentially at the fields of agriculture, health, inclusive education, transport, the creation of small and medium-sized companies and the processing, treatment and transfer of public administration data.
In the afternoon, the Brazilian Head of State will go to the National Assembly, where he will speak in a special solemn session in his honor.
In the early evening, Lula da Silva and João Lourenço participate in the closing session of the Angola-Brazil Economic Forum.
Cooperation between Angola and Brazil began to take shape on June 11, 1980, with the signing of the Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation Agreement.
Under this agreement, the two countries develop bilateral cooperation in the areas of health, culture, public administration, professional training, education, environment, sports, statistics and agriculture.
Brazil was the first country in the world to recognize Angola’s independence, proclaimed on November 11, 1975, by then President António Agostinho Neto.
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