Luanda - Angola and Spain signed Tuesday three memorandums of understanding, as part of the three-day official visit the King of Spain, Felipe VI, is making to Angola.
These are memoranda in the fields of Education, Sport as well as Commerce and Industry.
Angolan president João Lourenço and the King of Spain Felipe VI witnessed the signing ceremony of the three memorandums.
On the Angolan side, the respective ministers of the referred sectors signed the agreements while the minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares signed for Spain.
Bilateral relations between Angola and the Kingdom of Spain are based on the General Cooperation Agreement, signed on May 20, 1987, and the Complementary Agreement to the General Agreement signed in November 1987.
Cooperation between the two countries has intensified in the business sector, with the presence of Spanish companies in Angola.
Spain has more than 60 companies operating in Angola in different sectors, such as Energy, Banking, Construction and Agriculture.
In September 2021, the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, visited the Kingdom of Spain, during which he had a meeting, at the Palace of Zarzuela, with King Felipe VI.
The two Statesmen addressed, on the occasion, issues related to bilateral cooperation, which Luanda and Madrid want to see expanded.
The King of Spain, Felipe VI, arrived in Luanda on Monday night, for a three-day official visit to Angola, his first to the country.
