Africa-Press – Angola. The president of the Forum of Parliaments of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (FP-CIRGL), Jemma Nunu Kumba, arrived in Luanda this Sunday for a five-day working visit.
At 4 de Fevereiro International Airport, Jemma Nunu Kumba, who is accompanied by a delegation from the organization, was received by the first vice-president of the National Assembly, Américo Cuononoca.
On the occasion, Jemma Kumba said that the visit is part of the learning effort for parliamentarians, in order to interact and learn from each other.
He added that he would take advantage of his stay in Angola to present to the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, the declaration from the last forum held in South Sudan.
The agenda also includes a meeting with the president of the National Assembly, Carolina Cerqueira, to exchange experiences.
FP-CIRGL is an inter-parliamentary organization that brings together national parliaments from the 12 CIRGL Member States, namely Angola, Burundi, Congo, Central African Republic (CAR), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan , Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.
The Forum was established on 4 December 2008 in Kigali, Rwanda, following the signing of the Inter-Parliamentary Agreement.
The body comprises the Plenary Assembly, the Plenary Assembly Bureau, the Conference of Presidents, the Executive Committee, Commissions and the General Secretariat.
Angola was officially invited to be a member of the Parliamentary Forum of the Conference on the Great Lakes Region in January 2013. It joined the body in November 2014.
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