Luanda - Angola’s Vice President of Republic Bornito de Sousa travels Friday to São Tomé and Príncipe to attend, on behalf of the Angolan Head of State João Lourenço, the inauguration ceremony of the President-elect of that country, Carlos Vila Nova, on Saturday.
The information is expressed in a note released on Thursday by the Institutional Communication and Press Office of the Support Bodies to the Vice President of the Republic.
In addition to the Vice President of the Republic, the ceremony brings together Heads of State of Guinea Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embaló, and of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
Elected in the second round of the presidential elections on 5th September, Carlos Vila Nova, 65, ran for Independent Democratic Action (ADI), having won with 57 percent of the votes, against 42 for his opponent, Guilherme Posser da Costa, candidate of the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe - Social Democratic Party (MLSTP-PSD).
After confirming the election results in São Tomé and Príncipe, Angolan President João Lourenço congratulated Carlos Vila Nova, having expressed his desire to see the two countries work together, through constructive dialogue, to strengthen the historic ties of friendship and cooperation that exist for the benefit of the well-being and prosperity of the respective Peoples.
Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe formalised cooperation in February 1978, through the General Agreement on Friendship and Cooperation, and the Joint Bilateral Commission created in January 1980.
In 2019, the two countries identified the areas for new cooperation strategy, including tourism, transport and the exploration of hydrocarbons.
