Luanda – Angolan president João Lourenço left Wednesday for the United States of America, where he is due to meet with US president Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday.
Accompanied by the First Lady, Ana Dias Lourenço, the president was bid farewell by the Vice-President of the Republic, Esperança da Costa and government officials at Luanda’s 4 de Fevereiro international airport.
The two Presidents are expected to top bilateral cooperation discussions in areas such as trade, investment, climate and energy, and in particular the development of the Lobito Corridor, which will link Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.
Angola-US relations
Angola and the United States of America established formal diplomatic relations in 1993.
Angola is the US's third largest trading partner in sub-Saharan Africa, mainly due to oil exports. The two countries cooperate in a number of areas, most notably trade, finance, energy, manufacturing, security, health and justice.
Trade between Angola and the US totaled roughly 1.4 billion US dollars by November 2019. VC/VM/AMP
