Luanda - The National Assembly's Speaker (AN), Carolina Cerqueira, has been in Brasília since Sunday (March 24), to attend the celebrations of the bicentenary of the Brazilian Senate, taking place from the 25th to the 27th of this month.
Upon her arrival, at Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport, Carolina Cerqueira, who was accompanied by parliamentarians Ângela Bragança, Virgílio Tchyova and Américo Chivukuvuku, was received by the Angolan ambassador to Brazil, Manuel Bravo.
According to a press release sent to ANGOP, in Luanda, the program for the celebrations of the bicentenary of the Brazilian Senate begins today, Monday 25, with the opening of the international seminar "Democracy and New Technologies: Challenges in the Digital Era".
Also part of the program, in the afternoon, a solemn session takes place in the Plenary of the Federal Senate, followed by an artistic and musical show called "Senado 200 anos: A historic journey towards the future".
On the sidelines of the celebrations of the bicentenary of the Brazilian Senate, the agenda of the Angolan Parliament Speaker also includes a meeting with Rodrigo Pacheco, leader of the Brazilian Senate, and with other Brazilian and foreign entities present at the event.
The event will also be attended by parliamentary leaders from Mozambique, Cabo Verde and South American countries.
In 2023, the Brazilian President, Luís Inácio da Silva, visited the Angolan Parliament accompanied by a delegation of senators and deputies who held talks with their Angolan counterparts in different areas of parliamentary cooperation.
Angola and Brazil have maintained political-diplomatic ties since Angolan national Independence, proclaimed on November 11, 1975.
Within the scope of the strategic partnership between both, there are 70 bilateral cooperation projects.
Through the Angola/Brazil Parliamentary Friendship and Solidarity Group, created in 2022, the two countries seek to create greater dynamism in exchanges between their legislative bodies.
The objective is to contribute to the strengthening of bilateral cooperations, with a view to relaunching ties of solidarity and brotherhood between the two countries.
Cooperation between Angola and Brazil began to take shape on June 11, 1980, with the signing of the Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation Agreement.
Within the scope of this agreement, the two countries developed bilateral cooperation in the areas of Health, Culture, Public Administration, Vocational Training, Education, Environment, Sports, Statistics and Agriculture.
Brazil was the first country in the world to officially recognize Angola's independence, shortly after its proclamation, by President António Agostinho Neto. IZ/CF/DOJ
