Luanda - Guinea Bissau's ambassador to Angola, Apolinário Mendes de Carvalho, Tuesday in Luanda called for the creation of a mixed bilateral commission between the two countries, with the aim of boosting co-operation.
Speaking to the press at the end of an audience granted by the Vice-President of Angola, Esperança da Costa, the Guinean diplomat emphasized the importance of this mechanism, as it would allow priorities to be chosen and the best possible work to be done on issues linked to the exchange of visits at the highest level.
"We need to revise the different agreements that exist and work on preparing the great joint commission between the two countries,“ the diplomat said, underlining the existence of agreements in some areas, with emphasis on agriculture, justice, and transport and military sectors.
The Guinean diplomat said he considers relations between Angola and Guinea Bissau as good, stressing that the parties are currently working to provide further impetus to achieve both countries’ goals.
The meeting also discussed issues related to the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Guinea Bissau's independence to be marked on September 24 as well as the Guinea Bissau community in Angola.
According to the ambassador, the Guinean community is benefiting from an extraordinary process to regularize its countrymen living in Angola, in which at least 800 immigrants in an irregular situation are expected to be legalised, although he acknowledged that the number of co-citizens in this condition is higher.
Guinea Bissau was Portugal's first colony in Africa to become independent on September 24, 1973.
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