Day: November 30, 2022

Luanda – Some 550 excursionists, out of the 1,081 on board of the “Cruise Ship MS Zaandam”, are taking part in the city tour, in different tourist spots in the capital of Angola.

The tourists – 885 from US, 118 (Canada) and 19 Australia – are visiting sites such as the São Miguel Fortress (now the Museum of Military History), the Slavery Museum and Luanda Island.

The Excursionist Filipe ADAM says he joined the tour that passes through Angola because he would like to have the opportunity to sail around the African continent for the first time.

Cruise Ship MS Zaandam, with a capacity for 1400 people and about 10 floors, is dedicated essentially to tourism, making voyage around the world.

This is the thirty-ninth cruise ship linked to Angola harbour since October 2012, as part of the promotion of national tourism.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

Luanda – Angola’s minister of Foreign Affairs Téte António presented Tuesday in Brussels, Belgium, the strategic vision of Angolan diplomacy, mainly focused on African policy, without neglecting issues of foreign policy and international cooperation.

In his address African, Caribbean and Pacific Organisation (ACP) /European Union (EU) Council of Ministers, he said that the commitments with other international bodies and organisations are also part of the country’s diplomatic agenda.

According to a press note reached ANGOP Wednesday, the government official explained that this commitment is due to the existence of armed conflicts, prevailing in certain regions, insecurity and food shortages, as well as the need for a profound reform in the United Nations (UN).

On the other hand, he defended that Africa should work to change the concept of a continent of hunger, insecurity and conflict and show the world its true potential, given the existing natural resources.

The diplomat is of the view that Angola should mature the idea of holding a summit at the level of Africa, to discuss the major challenges for the development of the African continent.

He took advantage of the meeting to share the strategy and the form of action of Angolan diplomacy, in addition to addressing the preparation of the 10th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the OACPS scheduled for 06 – 10 December in Luanda.

Téte António also discussed the new partnership agreement between the OACPS and the EU, which will constitute the new legal framework for relations between the European bloc and the 79 countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP).

This document aims to strengthen the capacity of the EU and the ACP countries to jointly respond to global challenges.

It establishes common principles and covers areas such as democracy and human rights, development and sustainable economic growth, climate change, human and social development, peace and security, among others.

The agreement will include a common basis at the ACP State level combined with three regional protocols for Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific, with a focus on the specific needs of these regions.

The ACP-EU Council of Ministers is the highest institution of the ACP-EU partnership. It meets once a year, alternately in Brussels and in one of the organisation’s countries.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

Luanda – The resident coordinator of the United Nations in Angola Zahira Virani praised Wednesday in Luanda the performance of the Angolan Government for the pacification of Central Africa and the Great Lakes Region.

Zahira Virani expressed this position at the meeting of representatives and special envoys of the UN Secretary General in Central Africa, which goes until Thursday in the Angolan capital.

The United Nations official said it was crucial to encourage everyone to maintain dialogue, find joint and coordinated solutions to the peace, security and stability in the region.

She added that the meeting of the highest representatives of the UN secretary general for Central Africa and the Great Lakes, in Luanda, is a recognition of Angolan leadership in peace and reconciliation processes in Africa.

The Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs Teté António, who also attended the meeting, said he hoped that the meeting would contribute to a greater engagement of the United Nations in the search for peace in the region and on the African continent.

The Angolan top diplomat hopes that meetings of this kind will happen again and it will become a true mechanism of coordination and permanent consultation for the noblest causes of the African peoples, such as world peace and stability.

Teté António exhorted the spirit of unity in the search for solutions to lasting peace in several parts of the continent, combining the trilogy of peace, development and human rights.

The meeting is also attended by representatives of the UN secretary general for Central Africa, Abdou Abarry, and the Great Lakes Region, Huang Xia.

Last by not least the special representatives of the secretary general of the organisation for the Central African Republic, Valentine Rugwa, and for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Bintou Keita.

Source: Angola Press News Agency