Luanda – Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe analyzed Thursday in Luanda new areas of cooperation and mechanisms to boost existing agreements.
Issues related to the strengthening of bilateral cooperation to the continental and international agenda of mutual interest, were reviewed during the meeting between the Foreign Affairs ministers Téte António of Angola and Edite Ramos (São Tomé).
The top diplomats of Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe also analyzed the preparation of the 6th Session of the Bilateral Commission.
The minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Community of São Tomé and Príncipe, Edite Ramos, highlighted the “excellent” relations between the two countries, which are committed to deepening cooperation.
On the occasion, the Sao Tome official reaffirmed her country’s desire to continue strengthening ties of friendship and cooperation with the Angolan State.
Téte António underlined the need for the two member countries of the Portuguese Speaking Community (CPLP) to step up the existing partnership in the different areas.
Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe are also members of the Gulf of Guinea Commission (CGG).
The two countries formalised bilateral cooperation in February 1978, through the General Agreement on Friendship and Cooperation and with the creation of the Bilateral Joint Commission in January 1980.
The aforementioned Joint Commission held its last session in Luanda in November 2007.
Source: Angola Press News Agency