{"id":30999,"date":"2023-07-20T17:10:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T17:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?p=30999"},"modified":"2023-07-20T17:24:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T17:24:52","slug":"angola-and-botswana-revitalize-bilateral-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/angola-and-botswana-revitalize-bilateral-relations","title":{"rendered":"Angola and Botswana revitalize bilateral relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Angola and Botswana decided to give new impetus to historic bilateral cooperation relations, after a relative &#8220;apathy&#8221; registered over the last few years.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It is an old dream of the two countries whose diplomatic relations date back to February 1976, just a few months after the National Independence of Angola, in 1975.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the new plan to revitalize bilateral ties will be finalized during the state visit that President Joa\u0303o Lourenc\u0327o is due to make to Botswana, between 21st and 23rd of this month, at the invitation of his Tswanese counterpart, Mokqweetsi Eric Masisi.<\/p>\n<p>The two Member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) intend to update their General Cooperation Agreement, signed in February 2006, and sign new legal instruments, with a view to deepening the partnership and widening its scope.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most immediate common concerns concerns the reactivation of the Joint Bilateral Commission, which has not met since 2016 and which, since then, has seen the resumption of its work successively postponed.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Angolan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the relaunch of the Joint Commission&#8217;s work will allow identifying areas of interest for both countries, from the perspective of reciprocity of advantages.<\/p>\n<p>The intention is, namely, a cooperation focused on areas in which the two countries have \u201ccomparative advantages\u201d and that facilitate the implementation of concrete actions.<\/p>\n<p>The common understanding is that the two sides \u201cdo not need\u201d to make a long list of areas of cooperation, but \u201cput emphasis\u201d on those that offer guarantees that the two countries will have mutual advantages capable of producing concrete results for both.<\/p>\n<p>Angola and Botswana have potential areas of cooperation in the sectors of diamonds, education and the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Diamond production accounts for 60% of Botswana&#8217;s exports, a country ranked as the world&#8217;s second largest producer behind Russia.<\/p>\n<p>At the regional level, Botswana hosts the SADC headquarters in its capital city, Gaborone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. 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