Oslo – The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, starts this Thursday his two-day state visit to Oslo, Norway, with a participation in a Business Forum, which should be attended by more than 10 leading Norwegian business groups.
The businesspeople who are interested in investing in Angola, are involved in hydrocarbons, fisheries, infrastructure, renewable energies and industry fields.
After the business forum, João Lourenço, who is in Norway since Wednesday in the framework of the existing cooperation between both countries, will grant audience to Norwegian entrepreneurs.
On the sidelines of the holding of the Angola-Norway Business Forum, President Lourenço intends to create partnerships with Norwegian entrepreneurs aiming to enlarge and diversify the national economy.
On Thursday, the president has also on schedule a meeting with the Norway Parliament Speaker, Masud Gharhakhani, a visit to Equinor oil company, as well as a visit to Aker Solutions ASA engineering company.
Norwegian Equinor oil company has the biggest business volume with Angola. It is the company in charge of 10% of oil production in Angola.
The Aker Solutions is a company focused on providing technologic solutions for the mineral resources industry.
The programme of the Angolan Head of State´s visit for Thursday will end with an official dinner hosted by Aker Solutions business leaders.
The presidential delegation is made up of the minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, minister of Economy and Planning, Mário Caetano João, minister of Mineral Resources, Diamantino de Azevedo, minister of Energy and Waters, João Baptista Borges, minister of Justice and Human Rights, Marcy Lopes, minister of Industry and Trade, Victor Fernandes, minister of Fisheries and Environment, António de Assis, as well as the Chairman of the the chairman of the Private Investment and Export Promotion Agency (AIPEX) and president office aides.
The bilateral cooperation between Angola and Norway which is considered the most developed country of the world has increased mainly in the political-diplomatic and economic-trade fields.
On the political level, the two countries are linked by 45 years of diplomatic relations that date back to the beginning of the Independence achieved on 11 November 1975, which places Norway among the first countries of the West to recognize the national sovereignty of Angola.
After the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1977, Norway is physically represented in Luanda for 25 years with an embassy that also responds to Norwegian interests, in the Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe.
