Luanda – Leaders of the Parliamentary groups of MPLA (Angola) and PAICV (Cabo Verde) respectively, Virgílio de Fontes Pereira and João Baptista Pereira discussed the strategies for strengthening cooperation on Tuesday in Praia, Cabo Verde.
Speaking to journalists, the leader of the MPLA Parliamentary Group, Virgílio de Fontes Pereira, praised the meeting and said it allowed the socialisation of political projects, such as the cooperation between the Parliamentary Groups. .
He said that as for MPLA, several actions are already in the pipeline.
He mentioned the activities in the sense of strengthening cooperation ties, with a special focus on the Culture sector”.
Virgílio de Fontes Pereira also expressed his group’s availability to implement the direct air link project between Angola and Cabo Verde underlining that “at the end of this first half or at the beginning of the next one they may have good news.”
In turn, João Baptista Pereira, president of the PAICV Parliamentary Group, said that the visit is to reciprocate the one made to Angola in January, and “represents an opportunity to exchange views again on the relationship between the parliamentary groups.
He also said, it allowed to review the protocol in force in order to adjust it to the new times, taking into account the intention to raise the relationship with Angola to the level of a special strategic partnership”.
He said that he was pleased to hear from the leader of the MPLA Parliamentary Group information about the growth of the non-oil sector by 6.4 percent.
To João Baptista Pereira, “everything good that happens in Angola always favours Cabo Verde and Cabo Verdeans”.
Relations between the political parties date back to the first years of independence of the respective countries (Angola and Cabo Verde).
Source: Angola Press News Agency
