Luanda - President of the Central African Republic (CAR) Faustin Touadera arrived Wednesday morning in Luanda for a few-hour working visit to Angola.
At 4 de Fevereiro International Airport, in Luanda, the CAR statesman was received by Minister of Foreign Affairs Téte António, the provincial governor of Luanda Joana Lina, and other officials.
Faustin Touadera’s visiting agenda includes meeting with the Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, who is the chairperson of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR).
Angola and CAR are members of ICGLR.
Angola took up, for the second time, the presidency of ICGLR in November last year, during the 8th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the organisation held by videoconference, from the Republic of Congo.
Faustin-Archange Touadéra's last visit to Angola took place in April this year, during the mini-summit of Heads of State, to discuss issues related to security in the CAR.
Since the coup d'état, perpetrated by the rebel group "Seleka", which led to the fall of François Bozizė, former Central African President, the country has been plunged into a situation of growing insecurity.
President Faustin-Archange Touadéra won the presidential election on 27 December, last year, with 53.16 percent of the vote, against 21.69 percent of his main opponent, former Prime Minister Anicet Georges Dologuéle.
The elections took place in a context of insecurity. Ten days before the election, six of the most powerful armed groups in the CAR, which control two-thirds of the territory and most of whom support former President François Bozizė (who saw his candidacy invalid), joined the Patriots for Change Coalition.
