Brasilia – Angolan Head of State João Lourenço arrived early afternoon Friday in Brasilia, Brazil, to attend the inauguration of the President-elect Luís Inácio Lula da Silva set for Sunday, 1 January, 2023.
At the Brasilia Military Air Base, Lourenço was received by Kenneth Félix Haczynski da Nóbrega, Secretary of Bilateral Negotiations in the Middle East, Europe and Africa at the Brazilian Foreign Ministry.
Accompanied by the First Lady, Ana Dias Lourenço, the Statesman also received greetings from high officials of the Angolan State, such as the minister of Foreign Affairs Téte António, and the Ambassador to Brazil Florêncio de Almeida.
Other 16 heads of State will arrive in Brasilia after João Lourenço, as well as representatives of 120 countries.
The ceremony will have three moments, with the first one in the National Congress, followed by another one at the Presidential Palace (Planalto Palace) and, finally, at the headquarters of the Foreign Affairs Ministry (Itamaraty Palace).
Technical cooperation between Angola and Brazil began to take shape in 1980 with the signing of the Agreement on Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation, on 11 June of that year.
Under this agreement, Angola and Brazil developed cooperation in the areas of health, culture, public administration, vocational training, education, environment, sports, statistics and agriculture.
Brazil was the first country to recognise the independence of the Republic of Angola.
Source: Angola Press News Agency