ANGOLAN DIPLOMATS ADDRESS POST-INDEPENDENCE CHALLENGES

 Luanda – Angolan diplomats have discussed the role of the country’s diplomacy in 45 years of independence.

The State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Esmeralda Mendoça, said Friday that the Angolan diplomacy is based on noble values.

Speaking at an opening ceremony of a colloquium on Angolan diplomacy in 45 years of independence, the official mentioned values such as solidarity, equality, respect for sovereignty of the nations and peoples, as well as the peaceful solution to conflicts.

Esmeralda Mendoça considered the Angolan diplomacy a direct collection of the current and future generations.

The talk focused on the challenges of diplomacy for recognition of Angolan post-independence.

In his turn, the ambassador Hermínio Escórcio spoke of the strategies used as director of SONANGOL and how the oil company served as a loby for the international recognition of the Popular Republic of Angola.

In his address, the retired ambassador Luís Neto Kiambata referred to the fact of the Congo to be the first country to recognise Angola.

The colloquium was meant to collect historical background on Angolan diplomacy.

The talks enabled the participants to sharing experiences accumulated by leaders, politicians, diplomats and academics.