Luanda – Several cooperation agreements between Angola and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the sectors of air and road transport, agriculture, mining, energy and trade are due to be signed this year, as part of the existing partnership between the two countries.
With this purpose, the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, received in audience, this Sunday, the UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sheik Shakbbot Nahayan Mabarak Al-Nahyan.
Speaking to the press at the end of the meeting, Angolan Foreign Minister, Téte António, who attended the audience, said that the two countries are working to translate actions into practice.
“What is intended is that investment from the United Arab Emirates happens in various sectors of the Angolan economy. It will be a salutary partnership, in the scope of public investments,” he assured.
Téte António said that before the end of the current year, a high-level Angolan delegation would visit the United Arab Emirates with the aim of signing the cooperation agreements.
Angola and the United Arab Emirates cooperate in the oil and gas, mining, trade and investment, energy, defence, transport, agriculture, fishing, banking, telecommunications and finance and tax sectors.
The United Arab Emirates is located in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula and borders Oman and Saudi Arabia.
Source: Angola Press News Agency
