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President João Lourenço congratulates Lula da Silva

Luanda – Angolan head of State João Lourenço Monday (31) congratulated Lula da Silva on winning the Brazil’s presidential elections.

On behalf of the Angolan people, of the Executive” and on my own, “please accept my heartfelt congratulations on winning the Brazil’s presidential election”, João Lourenço states in his message.

João Lourenço adds that the choice for the highest magistracy in Brazil translates, for the Brazilian people, the hope that the Brazilian nation will follow the paths of prosperity based on democratic values, social justice and inclusion.

In the letter, João Lourenço expresses that Angola and Brazil accumulate a recent past of rich memories of bilateral relations that need to be retrieved, so he believes in the strengthening of the existing cooperation between the two governments, in mutual interest.

Finally, the Angolan statesman wishes the President-elect of Brazil his personal well-being and success in the “honorable mission for which he was appointed to perform by the choice of the Brazilian people”.

Leader of the Workers’ Party Lula da Silva received 50.9% of the vote with 99.99% of ballots counted, while his main rival, conservative Jair Bolsonaro, garnered 49.1%, as result of presidential election runoff held on October 30, 2022

 

 

Source: Angola Press News Agency