Angola Press Agency (Luanda)

Angola: Vice-President Returns From Burundi

26 August 2010

Luanda — Angolan deputy president, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, since Wednesday in Bujumbura, to attend swear-in ceremony of Burundi's head of State, Pierre Nkurunziza, has already left the Central African country back to Angola.

Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, who travelled together with the secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Chicoty, represented the Angolan Statesman José Eduardo dos Santos at the swear-in ceremony.

At the international airport of Bujumbura, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos received farewell greetings from Burundi's senate chairperson, Gabriel Ntisezerana, and of the Angolan ambassador to Tanzania, Ambrósio Lukoki.

Tagged: Angola, Burundi, Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa

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