Angolan President Talks With Spanish Prime Minister

Luanda — Angolan Head of State João Lourenço held a telephone conversation on Wednesday afternoon with the the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, according to a press release from the Presidency of the Republic.

The note indicates that strengthening relations between Angola and Spain dominated the conversation between the two statesmen.

In October of last year, President João Lourenço proposed expanding the "quite tangible gains" achieved by the two countries as a result of their collaboration.

At the time, the Angolan statesman stated, in a message addressed to King Felipe VI on the occasion of Spain's National Day, that he hoped the two countries would expand the "quite tangible" gains achieved in the context of the dynamic exchange that characterizes their collaboration.

At the time, the Angolan statesman stated, in a message addressed to King Felipe VI, on the occasion of Spain's National Day, that he hoped the two countries would expand the "quite palpable" gains achieved in the context of the dynamic exchange that characterizes their collaboration.

João Lourenço expressed Angola's firm desire to continue deepening its existing friendship ties with Spain and intensifying "fruitful relations of cooperation" in the most varied areas.

Relations between the two countries reached one of their highest moments, in 2023, with the visit to Angola of King Felipe VI, marked by the signing of several legal instruments, with emphasis on the Memorandum of Understanding between the Venâncio de Moura Diplomatic Academy and the Diplomatic School of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain.

Two other Memorandums of Understanding were also signed, namely on cooperation in the field of Industry (between the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Angola and the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism of Spain) and in the field of Sports.

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.

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