Africa-Press – Angola. The Minister of State for Economic Coordination, Manuel Nunes Júnior, heads an official delegation that has been carrying out, since Monday, a six-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to hold meetings with government entities and companies. from the Embassy of Angola in Abu Dhabi, sent, Tuesday (15).
According to the document, the delegation, made up of five ministers and a Secretary of State, is already holding meetings at the highest level with UAE private entities and companies, with emphasis on the meeting held on Monday with Sheikh Shakhboot Al Nahyan, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
On Tuesday (15), the delegation met with the Abu Dhabi Development Fund (ADFD), an external aid agency created in 1971 by the Government of Abu Dhabi.
The fund provides concessionary loans to finance economic and social development projects, in addition to managing investments, aimed at expanding and strengthening economies, particularly in the private sector.
According to the note, today, the delegation has several meetings with private companies in the United Arab Emirates on the agenda.
The visit of the Angolan ministerial delegation to the UAE follows the official visit of the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, which took place from the 20th to the 22nd of December.
The occasion served for the Head of State to strengthen the ties of friendship and bilateral cooperation between Angola and that Arab country.
The Angolan Head of State held meetings at the highest level with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoun, Vice President, Prime Minister and Governor of Dubai, the highest figure in the hierarchy of that emirate, in addition to having met with several men from business in this country.
At the time, the President witnessed the signing ceremony of four memoranda of understanding between Angola and the United Arab Emirates. The legal instruments were signed by Sheikh Shakhbut bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State of the UAE, and Téte António, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Angola.
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