Brasilia - The Angola-Brazil Joint Commission is due to meet between March and April of this year to boost cooperation relations between the two states.
The information was made public Tuesday in Brasilia, Brazil, by the Angolan Foreign minister, Téte António, after a meeting with his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira, at the Itamaraty Palace, the headquarters of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry.
According to Téte António, the agenda of the meeting was to discuss the work of the coming months.
Without giving further details, the official said that the meeting would take place in Brasilia, adding that at the right time more information related to the areas of cooperation will be provided.
Téte António praised the fruitful and profitable relations between both countries, noting that the ties between Angola and Brazil extend to their respective peoples, hence the responsibility to ensure that the decisions of the Commission bring abourt concrete acts.
On his turn, the head of Brazilian diplomacy, Mauro Vieira, said that Angola is a friend and “a great partner”, regarding cooperation relations.
He noted that the partnership with Angola has gone beyond institutional matters. “These are personal and people-to-people relations”, he added.
Angola and Brazil have been cooperating since 1977, when the first cooperation memorandum between the governments of the two countries was signed, which was two years after the proclamation of Angola´s independence in 1975.
Since then relations have deepened in several fields, culminating in the signing of 80 agreements.
Among the agreements, those related to agriculture, energy, immigration, animal and plant health, education, health, technical cooperation and diplomatic consultations stand out, as well as in the areas of science, technology, culture, fishing, oil, environment, communication, trade and transport.
Brazil was the first country in the world to recognize the independence of Angola, proclaimed on 11 November 1975.
