Luanda - The official visit of the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, to the Czech Republic to increase bilateral cooperation in several domains, was the highlight of the political news of the week.
Angola and the Czech Republic signed, in Prague, a memorandum of understanding of political consultations that provides to reinforce bilateral cooperation, which began in 1993.
The moment was witnessed by the leaders of both countries, respectively João Lourenço and Petra Pavel, after both had a private meeting.
In his two-day stay, João Lourenço visited the Senate and the House of Representatives and also held a meeting with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, as well as the Angolan community in that country.
The week was also marked by the presence, in Windhoek, of the Angolan President, at the funeral of Hage Geingob, who died on 4 February, at the age of 82, victim of cancer.
João Lourenço, also chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), said that this is a deeply sad event for the whole Africa, the southern region of the African continent and especially Namibia.
The opening of the 1st Parliamentary Plenary Session of OEACP-UE, which was attended by the Vice-President of the Republic, Esperança da Costa was also highlighted.
During the opening ceremony, the official suggested that the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) should intensify the debate on development, with emphasis on economic partnership agreements.
She said that Economic Partnership agreements constitute a lever for technological development, transformation of food systems, increased trade and promotion of the blue economy and sustainable development.
On the same occasion, the President of the National Assembly (AN), Carolina Cerqueira, declared that the member states made history by laying the new foundations for the equal partnership, based on an institutional structure in favor of the people.
She argued that the OEACP-UE maintains the same focus, the same cohesion and the same determination to do more and better with resilience for the well-being of people.
Among the week’s highlights was also the meeting that the Vice-President of the Republic held with the Secretary General of the OEACP, Georges Chicoty, and the European Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen.
The participation of Angola, as an observer, in the meeting of G20 Foreign Ministers that took place in Rio de Janeiro, focused, among other issues, on resolving conflicts in Palestine and Ukraine, as well as reform of global governance was also highlighted too.
The Minister of State for Economic Coordination, José Massano, defended in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that world peace is essential for the development of any State and, consequently, the globe.
The Angolan government official, who spoke at the opening session of the G-20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, said 'there is no peace without development and there is no development without peace'. FMA/VIC/DOJ
