The Portuguese ambassador to Angola, João Caetano da Silva, confirmed on Friday, in Luanda, the progress made in the last months in the payment of certified debts to Portuguese companies, by the Angolan Government.
Speaking to the press, at the end of an audience with the Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, the Portuguese diplomat, at the end of his mission, considered the payment of the debt to the companies concerned to be “significant”,
He stressed that the payment includes, among others, companies in the construction and energy sectors.
The Portuguese ambassador praised the performance of the Angolan Ministry of Finance, with whom he worked in the last two years, in this process, highlighting the spirit of cooperation existing between the parties.
It is a theme, continued the diplomat, who has always been present in the relationship between Portugal and Angola in recent years.
The outgoing ambassador of Portugal, considered the balance of bilateral cooperation “concrete and positive”, having stressed the sharing of experience and knowledge.
In the field of military cooperation, João Caetano da Silva noted the importance of bilateral partnership in the fields of technical-military (cyber-defense), maritime security, training, combating malaria and in the foreign business segment.
Regarding the trade balance between the two countries, João Caetano da Silva said that the result is balanced, at a time when Angolan exports to Portugal are growing.
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