Cabinda - The heads of Defence and Security Organs of the Military Regions of Cabinda (Angola) and Kouilou (Republic of Congo) met on Tuesday at the common border of Massabi/Nzassi to implement actions in the scope of the resolutions of the meeting of the interior ministers of the two countries, held last May.
During the meeting, several actions to be developed between the Defence, Security and Internal Order bodies of Cabinda and Kouilou/Republic of Congo were concerted, especially on issues related to security along the common border.
The Angolan delegation was led by the commander of the Cabinda Military Region, Amílcar Eugénio "Trovão", while the Congolese delegation was led by Jean Ollessongo Ondaye, commander of Military Defence No. 1 Kouilou Region. The parties analysed joint strategies to guarantee a better security of the common border, characterized by calm, despite the existence of cases of illegal immigration and fuel trafficking.
Aspects related to the fulfillment of the recommendations of the bilateral meeting of interior ministers were also analysed, where it was oriented to hold permanent meetings between defence, security and internal order authorities of Cabinda province (Angola) and the departments (provinces) of Kouilou and Ponta-Negra (Republic of Congo), in order to remedy situations of security alteration along the common border and to carry out coordinated actions to combat illegal immigration, fuel smuggling and cross-border crimes.
