Luanda - The new vision of American investment in Angola and the need to increase the exchange of official visits in a wide range of areas were analyzed Thursday in Luanda at a meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs Téte António and the US ambassador to the Southern Africa nation, Tulinabo S. Mushingo.
According to a note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two diplomats discussed issues related to the state of bilateral cooperation, following the recent visit to the US by the Angolan President João Lourenço.
The two sides also discussed regional issues, centered on peace in Africa and particularly in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, the ongoing conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Angola and the United States of America established formal diplomatic relations in 1993.
Angola is the US's third largest trading partner in sub-Saharan Africa, mainly due to oil exports. The two countries co-operate in various fields, with an emphasis on trade, finance, energy, manufacturing, security, health and justice.
Trade between the two countries totaled roughly 1.4 billion dollars by November 2019.FMA/MCN/AMP
