Abidjan - The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, said, Thursday, that the work that African countries still have to do in finding solutions to the latent conflicts on the continent is difficult.
He highlighted, in this context, the situation in the East of the DRC, where Angola, within the framework of the CIRGL and in conjunction with the SADC Member States, has played a mediation role.
Speaking at the official dinner hosted by his counterpart from Côte d'Ivoire, Alassane Outtara, on the occasion of his visit to this country, he said that the mediation of the conflict in the DRC gives encouraging hope for its resolution, even if, at times, some occurrences seem to destroy all the progress made.
President João Lourenço also expressed concern about the situation in Sudan, which requires coordinated action from all actors involved in the search for urgent solutions to this conflict.
He lamented the fact that this situation has already caused a humanitarian crisis of alarming proportions, a huge loss of human life and the destruction of infrastructure of incalculable value.
'There are other worrying situations on the continent, namely those occurring in the Sahel region, which must continue to deserve our attention and a permanent effort in search of solutions (...)', he pointed out.
He took the opportunity to refer to the serious and continuous degradation of the world political situation, which is resulting from the conflict raging in the Middle East and the war between Russia and Ukraine.
For the statesman, these two major conflicts, which shake the world and place it increasingly on the brink of an escalation of uncontrollable dimensions and tragic consequences, should lead to reflection on the need to find the best ways to achieve peace. definitive in Ukraine and Palestine.
Given this scenario, he considered it important that international standards be respected and compliance with United Nations resolutions on the imperative need for the creation of the Palestinian State, the main factor in stabilizing and definitively resolving the conflict that has prevailed in the Middle East for decades.
According to the President, the international community cannot continue to watch helplessly and, in some way, indifferently to the growing number of loss of lives of human beings, the overwhelming majority of which are innocent civilians, old people, women and children, in the Gaza Strip.
For this and other reasons, the President defended, once again, the need for reform of the United Nations.
On Friday, the President of the Republic is on his second and final day of his official visit to Côte d'Ivoire.
Beforehand, the statesman visits the Cemoi-ci factory, dedicated to the production of chocolate, and holds a meeting with Angolans residing in Cotê d'Ivoire. ART/DOJ
