Luanda - The Minister of Culture, Tourism and Environment, Jomo Fortunato, pointed out, Wednesday, the cultural diplomacy as a bridge for the increment of the friendship and cooperation relations with the United States of America (USA), towards significant and creative strategies of economic approach.
According to the Cabinet minister, who was speaking to ANGOP in the scope of his trip to the State of Virginia to participate in the ceremony in allusion to the 402 years of the arrival of the first Africans from Angola, it is always "a singular opportunity for Angola to project its image and disclose the historical importance of a past that can be reused, in the perspective of economic development.
"This tribute celebrates the courage of women and men who embarked on a journey that transformed the course of the history of a people and a continent. As for us, our arms are open to welcome our American brothers and sisters on the road to progress," the minister added.
In another area, Jomo Fortunato also highlighted the role that the United States has played in supporting projects related to the environment, in its relationship with the Institute of Biodiversity and Conservation, materialised in the fight against poaching and wildlife trafficking in Angola.
The first Portuguese ships carrying Africans, who had been kidnapped and sold as slaves in the territory that would become Angola, arrived in Jamestown, in the state of Virginia, at the time a British colony, in August 1619.
