Luanda - Felipe VI, the King of Spain, honored Tuesday the first President of Angola, António Agostinho Neto, after laying a wreath on his sarcophagus at the Memorial adjacent to Praça da República (Public Square) in Luanda.
It was an honour to visit the Memorial of the "Father of the Angolan Homeland", the sovereign wrote in the Book of Honour, having expressed all his affection.
The Queen Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano of Spain also signed the page on which King Philip VI had written.
King Felipe VI later went to the Presidential Palace for a meeting with the Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, whose agenda covers signing of treaties, decorations and an official lunch.
Bilateral relations between Angola and the Kingdom of Spain are based on the General Cooperation Agreement, signed on May 20, 1987, and the Complementary Agreement to the General Agreement signed in November 1987.
Cooperation between the two countries has intensified in the business sector, with the presence of Spanish companies in Angola.
Spain has more than 60 companies operating in Angola in different sectors, such as Energy, Banking, Construction and Agriculture.
In September 2021, the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, visited the Kingdom of Spain, during which he had a meeting, at the Palace of Zarzuela, with King Felipe VI.
The two statesmen addressed, on the occasion, issues related to bilateral cooperation, which Luanda and Madrid want to see expanded.
The King of Spain, Felipe VI, arrived in Luanda on Monday night, for a three-day official visit to Angola, his first to the country.
