Africa-Press – Angola. The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is visiting Angola on Friday (25th) and Saturday (26th), as part of the reinforcement of bilateral cooperation and the historical links existing between the two countries.
The information was disclosed by Agência Brasil, adding that, in the Angolan capital, Lula da Silva will have a private meeting and an extended one with his counterpart João Lourenço, on the first day of the visit.
The source mentions that the Brazilian Head of State will also go to the National Assembly to participate in a seminar, where he will speak about the project in the Cunene Valley, and in a business event that should be attended by around 60 Brazilian businessmen.
In addition, the signing of acts and memorandums in the areas of agriculture, data processing, health and education are planned.
President Lula da Silva arrives in Luanda from Johannesburg, South Africa, where he participates, from the 22nd to the 24th, in the 15th Summit of the BRICS, a bloc of countries with emerging economies formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
After Luanda, according to Agência Brasil, President Lula da Silva will travel to Príncipe, the capital of São Tomé and Príncipe, to participate in the 14th Conference of Heads of State of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP).
At the Conference, São Tomé and Príncipe will succeed the Republic of Angola in the rotating presidency of the organization, for a period of two years.
Created on July 17, 1996, the CPLP has Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe and East Timor as members.
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 developed 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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