Angola: Portuguese President in Luanda to Attend João Lourenço Inauguration

4 September 2022
Angola Press Agency (Luanda)

Luanda — The Portuguese Head of State, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, arrived Wednesday morning in Luanda to attend the inauguration ceremony of the re-elected President of Angola, João Lourenço, to take place Thursday.

At Luanda 's 4 de Fevereiro International Airport, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was received by the Angolan minister of Foreign Affairs, Teté António, and by the governor of Luanda, Paula de Carvalho.

Speaking to the press, the Portuguese Head of State said the two countries have long-standing diplomatic and friendly relations and that there is the will to deepen these ties.

For the Portuguese statesman, Angola and Portugal "are condemned to live together and cooperate in different domains".

Marcelo de Sousa is the second President to arrive in Angola to attend João Lourenço 's inauguration ceremony. The first was Umaro Sissoco Embaló, of Guinea Bissau, who is in Luanda since Tuesday.

The MPLA party and its leader, João Lourenço, won the fifth general elections held in Angola with 51.17 percent of the votes.

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