Africa-Press – Angola. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, has been in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since yesterday, where he is participating, in the city of Kinshasa, in the meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS).
According to a press release from MIREX, the delegation, led by Téte António, was received by the adviser to the Minister of Regional Integration of the DRC and by the extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of Angola to the DRC, Miguel Costa.
The ECCAS Council of Ministers meeting aims to prepare the XXI ordinary session of the ECCAS Heads of State and Government Conference, scheduled for next Monday, July 25th, in Kinshasa, DRC.
The Council of Ministers of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) started work yesterday with the intervention of the president of the ECCAS Commission, Gilberto da Piedade Veríssimo, and with the opening speech by the Minister of Regional Integration and Francophonie of the DRC , as acting president of the Council of Ministers.
ECCAS ministers analyzed the report on the activities of the ECCAS Commission during the first half of 2022, the political and security situation in the region, in addition to the report of the Inter-State Committee of Experts and the Committee of Permanent Representatives to the regional body.
Also in yesterday’s session, draft decisions were analyzed and adopted concerning the particular status of the personnel of the Multinational Force of Central Africa (FOMAC), as well as its organization and functioning.
The delegation includes, in addition to Téte António, ambassador Miguel César Domingos Bembe, director for Africa, the Middle East and Regional Organizations of MIREX, Lizeth Satumbo Pena, ambassador of Angola to Gabon and permanent representative to ECCAS, Francisco da Cruz, ambassador of Angola in Ethiopia and with the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Miguel Costa, Angola’s ambassador to the DRC and senior MIREX officials.
ECCAS was created in Libreville, Gabon, in December 1981, and became operational in 1985. Its objectives are to promote cooperation and self-sustainable development, with particular emphasis on economic stability and improving the quality of life of the populations. .
ECCAS is made up of Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe and DRC.
ECCAS policy includes a twelve-year plan to eliminate customs duties among member states and establish a common external tariff, consolidate the free movement of goods, services and people, improve industry, transport and communications, union of commercial banks and the creation of a development fund.
New Angolan Consul In Toronto
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, swore in, on Thursday, the new Angolan consul in Toronto, Canada, Mateus Barros José. The governor asked the new consul for commitment, zeal and a spirit of mission in the pursuit of the ultimate goal, the aggrandizement of diplomacy, the Ministry and the homeland, in the concert of Nations.
The swearing-in ceremony took place in the Salão Nobre Paulo Teixeira Jorge, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was witnessed by Ambassador Alfredo Dombe, secretary-general, and by the directors of various departments of MIREX.
Mateus Barros José, a senior staff member at MIREX, has a degree in International Relations and a master’s degree in Foreign Trade and International Negotiation.
Promoted in 2017, with the rank of ambassador, diplomat Mateus Barros José was already inspector general and director of Human Resources at MIREX, having served the country in several diplomatic missions, with emphasis on Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Botswana and Brazil.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, has been in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since yesterday, where he is participating, in the city of Kinshasa, in the meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS).
According to a press release from MIREX, the delegation, led by Téte António, was received by the adviser to the Minister of Regional Integration of the DRC and by the extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of Angola to the DRC, Miguel Costa.
The ECCAS Council of Ministers meeting aims to prepare the XXI ordinary session of the ECCAS Heads of State and Government Conference, scheduled for next Monday, July 25th, in Kinshasa, DRC.
The Council of Ministers of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) started work yesterday with the intervention of the president of the ECCAS Commission, Gilberto da Piedade Veríssimo, and with the opening speech by the Minister of Regional Integration and Francophonie of the DRC , as acting president of the Council of Ministers.
ECCAS ministers analyzed the report on the activities of the ECCAS Commission during the first half of 2022, the political and security situation in the region, in addition to the report of the Inter-State Committee of Experts and the Committee of Permanent Representatives to the regional body.
Also in yesterday’s session, draft decisions were analyzed and adopted concerning the particular status of the personnel of the Multinational Force of Central Africa (FOMAC), as well as its organization and functioning.
The delegation includes, in addition to Téte António, ambassador Miguel César Domingos Bembe, director for Africa, the Middle East and Regional Organizations of MIREX, Lizeth Satumbo Pena, ambassador of Angola to Gabon and permanent representative to ECCAS, Francisco da Cruz, ambassador of Angola in Ethiopia and with the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Miguel Costa, Angola’s ambassador to the DRC and senior MIREX officials.
ECCAS was created in Libreville, Gabon, in December 1981, and became operational in 1985. Its objectives are to promote cooperation and self-sustainable development, with particular emphasis on economic stability and improving the quality of life of the populations. .
ECCAS is made up of Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe and DRC.
ECCAS policy includes a twelve-year plan to eliminate customs duties among member states and establish a common external tariff, consolidate the free movement of goods, services and people, improve industry, transport and communications, union of commercial banks and the creation of a development fund.
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