Luanda – President João Lourenço arrived Thursday evening in Luanda from Paris (France), where he attended the Summit on the Financing of African Economies.
On arrival at Luanda’s 4 de Fevereiro International Airport, João Lourenço, accompanied by the First Lady, Ana Dias Lourenço, received welcoming greetings from the Vice-president Bornito de Sousa, from government members and Presidency officials.
The Paris Summit that gathered a dozen of African and European leaders and representatives of international political and financial organisations, approved a Usd 33 million fund aid for African countries.
During the meeting organised by the French Government, Angola defended a change to the Covid-19 vaccine production strategy.
On the fringes of the Summit, President João Lourenço met with his counterparts from France, Emmanuel Macron, South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, and the Portuguese prime minister, António Costa.
João Lourenço also met with Tony Blair, head of the Institute for Global Change, the former UK prime minister, and with various French business people, with whom he discussed the foreign investments in Angola, as part of the reforms underway in the country.
This is the second time President João Lourenço visits France, in his capacity as Angolan Head of State. The first was in May 2018.
Source: Angola Press News Agency