Luanda – The King of Spain, Felipe VI arrived in Luanda on Monday for his first official visit to Angola, which is to last three days.
On their arrival in the Angolan capital, the king and the queen, who gave no statement to the press, were received by the Angolan minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, and by the Spanish ambassador to Angola, Manuel Larrera Lobo.
According to a programme which ANGOP had access to, on Tuesday King Felipe VI will pay tribute to the first President of Angola, Dr. António Agostinho Neto, who died in 1979, visiting his memorial, then go to the Presidential Palace, where he will be received by the Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço.
The programme also includes King Felipe VI´s speech at the plenary session of the National Assembly, as well as his participation in the Angola/Spain business forum.
The cooperation relations between Angola and the Kingdom of Spain are based on the General Cooperation Agreement signed on 20 May 1987, and the Complementary Agreement to the General Agreement, initialled in November 1987.
Spain currently has over 60 companies operating in Angola in different sectors, such as energy, banking, construction and agriculture.
Official data show that the cumulative value of Spanish investments in Angola reached 518 million euros as of 2018.
According to the source, in 2020 Spain exported 87 million euros and imported various products worth 548 million euros.
