Luanda - A message from President João Lourenço was delivered Thursday to his counterpart, Félix Tshisekedi, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, by the Angolan minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António.
The content of the message was not revealed, but it is known that the Angolan Head of State has expressed his solidarity with the DR Congo people and government, as well as advocated the deepening of bilateral and multilateral ties, including issues of mutual interest at regional and continental level.
The message from the Angolan Head of State was delivered in the presence of the director for Africa, Middle East and Regional Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MIREX), ambassador Jorge Cardoso, and Miguel Costa, ambassador of Angola to the DR Congo and other senior officials from the central apparatus of the State.
The letter was delivered less than a week ago, after Luanda hosted, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MIREX), the 4th Ministerial Meeting on Security and Peace situation in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Also on Thursday, the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, held a telephone conversation with the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, as part of the efforts that Angola has been making to solve the security crisis in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Angola and the DRC are part of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), and have maintained contacts at the highest level on issues linked to peace, stability and security in the region.
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