Luanda – Angola presided over Thursday a consultation meeting of the Member States of the Portuguese Speaking Countries Community (CPLP) on the political situation in Guinea-Bissau, after the attempted coup d'état in that country.
The meeting that took place on the sidelines of the fortieth ordinary session of the Executive Council of Ministers of the African Union, was chaired by the Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António. The CPLP Member States condemned the attempted coup d'état and unanimously expressed their solidarity and support for the Government and People of Guinea-Bissau. In its capacity as President of the CPLP, Angola strongly condemned the attempt to take power by force in Guinea-Bissau. On Wednesday, the President of the Republic of Angola, João Lourenço, called his Guinea-Bissau counterpart, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, expressing his solidarity and encouragement, following the latest events in Bissau. CPLP members are Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe and East Timor. The headquarters of the organisation's Executive Secretariat is located in Lisbon, Portugal.
