Muscat - Angolan President João Lourenço held a private meeting on Thursday in Muscat, with the Sultan of Oman, Haitian Bin Tarik Al Said, focusing on the direction the partners intend to give to bilateral cooperation.
Joao Lourenço, who arrived in Muscat on Thursday, is leading a delegation of several ministers who are holding talks with their Omani counterparts to define new areas of partnership.
The Angolan statesman, accompanied by the First Lady, Ana Dias Lourenço, was received at the Al Alam Royal Palace with military honors, after the singing of the national anthems of both countries, followed by a 21-gun salute and the presentation of the two delegations.
João Lourenço and the Haitian Bin Tarek Al Said witnessed the signing of agreements between the two governments, with emphasis on the oil and mineral resources sectors, as well as finance.
On the second and last day of the visit (Friday), the Angolan head of state will visit the National Museum of Oman, the last activity of his visit to the Sultanate.
The National Museum is Oman's most important cultural institution, displaying the Sultanate's cultural heritage from the earliest evidence of human occupation of the Oman Peninsula to the present day.
Bilateral cooperation
In May, the two countries signed three cooperation agreements in the financial, agricultural and manufacturing sectors in Angola's capital, Luanda.
It was the first visit of an official delegation from the Sultanate of Oman to Angola, raising expectations of closer relations of friendship and cooperation between the two states in the areas signed and in other areas of mutual interest. ART/VIC/TED/AMP
