Ofeibea Quist-Arcton
21 June 2002
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You are here in the United States, what has been your message to the American government and the American people, and what has been the response?
Our message continues to be that America has a very important heritage which we sometimes look at, not as a model but as something that can help us understand where we are coming from and where we are going. I am referring to the way the American nation came to exist as a nation.
We would like to draw lessons from that and we would like to see that, on the basis of that heritage, the United States of America supports us in recreating the nation we want to have in Angola.
So, using America's own experience, the US can help us understand and it will also understand better. Also, it is very important for us that we get the international solidarity we need. And the United States of America is a leading voice within the international community. Support given in our process will be very, very useful, not just to us but to many other countries who would like to stand with us.
We also think that it is important that the United States of America, which has had a long history of relationship with Angola, should play a more active and positive role that would help the people of Angola come out of the crisis we have been in for the last 27 years.
That is the message I am trying to bring to the American people and to the American institutions in all fields. It's not just a question of the Washington government dealing with the government of Angola, but all sectors of American society need to contribute to this process through whatever they do on a daily basis and through whatever relationships they have with Angolan sectors of our society.
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