Africa-Press – Angola. The President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, arrives this Thursday in Luanda, for a state visit to Angola.
The Brazilian Head of State will remain in the country until Sunday (27), the day he will leave for São Tomé and Príncipe, for the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP).
President Lula da Silva’s visit program to Angola foresees, for Friday (25th) morning, the laying of a wreath on the sarcophagus of the first President of the Republic of Angola, António Agostinho Neto.
The agenda released this Thursday by the Press Secretary of the Presidential Palace includes a visit to the Dr. António Agostinho Neto Memorial and the signing of the institution’s Book of Honor.
At the Presidential Palace, in Cidade Alta, it is planned, also for Friday morning, a meeting between the two Heads of State, followed by the signing of agreements.
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.
On Saturday, the President of Brazil’s agenda includes the inauguration of Espaço Ovídio de Melo, a meeting with the Brazilian community residing in Angola and a farewell ceremony for his Angolan counterpart.
deals in the forge
At least 11 cooperation agreements are expected to be signed as part of the State visit of the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The Brazilian ambassador in Angola, Rafael de Mello Vidal, informed that the agreements are aimed at the fields of agriculture, health, inclusive education, transport, creation of small and medium-sized companies.
The understandings are completed by agreements relating to the processing, treatment and transfer of public administration data, as well as the reciprocal support for candidacies in international institutions.
President Lula da Silva arrives in Luanda from Johannesburg, South Africa, after participating, 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 .
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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