Africa-Press – Botswana. Just yesterday, Minister Téte António went on an official visit to Gaborone, Botswana, as a special envoy of the President of the Republic João Lourenço.
Without going into details about the objectives of his visit to the country, the note states that the head of Angolan diplomacy is accompanied by the director for Africa, the Middle East and Regional Organizations of MIREX and the ambassador of Angola in Ethiopia to the African Union and the United Nations Commission for Africa, Francisco da Cruz, and senior officials of the institution.
Political-diplomatic relations between Angola and Botswana date back to February 1976. In February 2006, the two countries signed a General Cooperation Agreement. Like Angola, Botswana is a member of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) which comprises 16 regional members.
The two countries are part of the Okavango/Zambezi project, shared equally by Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia, covering a total of 278,000 square kilometres.
The Okavango Basin is rich in biodiversity, with more than 400 species of birds and 100 mammals, among other animals, Angola has the second largest portion of the project with 87,000 square kilometers, behind Zambia, which provided 97,000 square kilometers of land.
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