Luanda - The inauguration ceremony of the re-elected president of Angola João Lourenço will be attended Thursday, in Luanda, by roughly 15,000 national and foreign guests, including Heads of State and Government and representatives of several regional, continental and world organizations.
The presidents of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki, of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), Gilberto Veríssimo, and the vice-president of Burundi, Prosper Bazombanza, are already in the country to participate in the event, which includes the inauguration of the Vice-President of Angola, Esperança Costa.
The presidents of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang, of Namibia, Hage Geingob, Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, among other foreign guests are also in Luanda.
Speaking to the press on Wednesday, the minister of State and head of the President’s Civil Affairs Office, Adão de Almeida, said among the 15,000 guests there are delegations representing all provinces of the country, with 50 members each, besides foreign representatives from several parts of the world.
The Republic Square, the place where the ceremony will take place, is prepared, said Adão de Almeida, adding that the act is of great national and international importance, considering the role played by Angola.
The event's programme, he said, starts at 10:30 a.m. and includes the swearing in of the President and the Vice President, a speech to the Nation by the President of the Republic, a parade of several branches of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) and the National Police, among others.
The ministers of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Nikola Selakovic, of Petroleum and Energy of Chad, Djerassen Le Bemadjei, the minister adviser of the President of the Republic of Nicaragua, Mohamer Farrara lashtar, and Liu Yuxi, representing the government of China are also in Angolan capital to attend the event.
