Luanda - The Angolan ambassador to Brazil, Manuel Eduardo Bravo, presented on Thursday, in the city of Paramaribo, the Letters of Credence to the President of Suriname, Chan Santokhi.
In the audience that followed the ceremony of presentation of the letters of credentials, which accredit him as a non-resident ambassador, the Angolan diplomat conveyed to the Head of State of Suriname a verbal message from President João Lourenço, talking about the desire and political will to see the ties of consanguinity, friendship and mutually advantageous cooperation between both States strengthened.
During his stay in Paramaribo, the Angolan ambassador held working meetings with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Albert Ramdin, and with the leaders of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Trade and Investment Agency of Suriname.
In these meetings, he addressed the opportunities for cross-investment and cooperation in areas such as agriculture and forestry, oil and gas, mineral resources with a special focus on gold and bauxite, environmental protection, culture and higher education.
Known in the past as Dutch Guiana, the Republic of Suriname is a neighboring country of Brazil and French Guiana, which achieved its full independence from the Netherlands on November 25, 1975.
With a forest cover of 93% of its territory, Suriname has a population of 630,000 inhabitants, of which 37% are Afro-descendants, as a result of the transatlantic slave trade taken from the central and western sub-regions of Africa to the Americas, between the 16th and 19th centuries. ART/DOJ
