Luanda – The diplomat Albino Malungo presented Tuesday in Manama capital of Bahrain the credential letters to the king Hamad bin Al Khalifa that makes him officially the non-resident ambassador of Angola in that Persian Gulf country.
ANGOP has learnt that the ceremony held in Al Sakhir Palace included the accreditation of other 11 ambassadors, namely from Gabon, Belarus, Estonia, Croatia, Austria, Kenya, Vatican, Australia, Côte d’Ivoire, New Zealand and Cyprus.
Albino Malungo transmitted to Bahrain king special greetings and esteem from the Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, and highlighted the need for both countries to improve the cooperation that started in 2009.
On his turn, the king wished success to the new ambassadors and promised support to reinforce more the cooperation relations between Bahrain and each ambassador´s country.
Albino Malungo is the resident ambassador in Saudi Arabia and is non-resident ambassador in Bahrain, Kuwait, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Angola and Bahrain established formal diplomatic relations with the signing of several legal instructive documents in September of 2013, in New York.
The archipelago of Bahrain is rich in oil, has borders with Iran at northeast, with Qatar in east and with Saudi Arabia in south-west.
Source: Angola Press News Agency