Luanda – Angolan Head of State João Lourenço received Friday a message from the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, Alexander De Croo, which addresses the strengthening of bilateral cooperation.
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Angola Jazef Smets delivered the letter during an audience granted by the Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço.
The letter also addresses “the points of view that Angola and Belgium share in the context of climate change and the defence of the environment”, the diplomat told the press at the end of the meeting.
Jazef Smets said that the two Governments are working on the creation of bilateral initiatives.
According to him, the objective is to adopt common positions toward the environmental issue, in multilateral organisations.
The diplomat stated that the Belgian Prime Minister praises the Angolan Government’s efforts in the search for solutions for peace and political stability in the Great Lakes Region.
He added that, in the message, the Belgian Prime Minister expressed his desire to continue cooperating with Angola in the economic field, with stress to the port, railway and diamond sectors.
Political-diplomatic relations between Angola and the Kingdom of Belgium began in 1979. Since then, agreements, memoranda and business contracts have been signed.
Angola and Belgium signed various documents, including the Economic, Scientific and Cultural Cooperation Agreement, dated 26 April 1983, which defined the regulatory legal framework for bilateral cooperation and set up the Joint Commission, as well as the General Cooperation Agreement signed on July 26, 1983.
Source: Angola Press News Agency