Luanda – Angolan ambassador to the United States Joaquim do Espírito Santo has reiterated the need to strengthen cooperation with the American country, ANGOP learnt on Sunday.
A press release from the Angolan Embassy in the US states that Joaquim do Espírito Santo underlined the ancestral historical bonds uniting Hampton city and the Angolan people.
“I would like to count on your special support”, said the Angolan diplomat during a visit to the Hampton city, where he met with the mayor Donnie Tuck.
In the meeting he had with Donnie Tuck, Joaquim do Espírito Santo also said that Angola has economic potential and natural resources that may be of interest to the local businessmen.
In turn, the mayor of Hampton, Donnie Tuck, expressed interest in getting to know the Angolan market better, considering the possibility of creating twinning with Angolan cities, particularly Namibe, taking into account the existing similarity between the two.
In Hampton, the Angolan ambassador, accompanied by Mayor Donnie Tuck, visited the cemetery where the first slaves of Angolan origin are buried.
Joaquim do Espírito Santo also visited the local museum and the Fort Monroe Educational Center, where they learned about the project to build a memorial to honour the first slaves of Angolan origin to land in the US, precisely on the coast of Hampton.
Source: Angola Press News Agency