Luanda - Angola’s President João Lourenço has spoken about the importance of opening Embassies of Angola in Australia, Indonesia and East Timor, with stress to the last country.
Addressing the swearing in ceremony of the ambassadors from the aforementioned countries on Friday, João Lourenço described as “inconceivable situation” the fact that only now Angola has an Embassy in East Timor.
The president underlined that East Timor was the only State of the Community of the Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) in which Angola did not have an embassy, “a situation (…) that is now being corrected”.
The CPLP is a privileged multilateral forum for the deepening of mutual friendship and cooperation between its members.
Along with Angola and East Timor, the organisation, created on July 17, 1996, includes Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Portugal, Mozambique, as well as São Tomé and Príncipe.
The President also praised the role of the Embassies of Australia and Indonesia in the Asian region, where Angola “had poorly been represented”.
In his speech, João Lourenço recommended that the new ambassadors work to attract more tourists to Angola, as well as businessmen, as part of openness to direct private investment.
Ambassadors to Australia António Manuel Luvualu de Carvalho, Indonesia Florêncio Mariano da Conceição e Almeida and East Timor José Andrade de Lemos, were sworn in during a ceremony held on Friday (04) at the Presidential Palace. AFL/AL/NIC
