Senegal wants to relaunch cooperation with Angola

 Luanda - The minister of Foreign Affairs and of the Senegalese Abroad, Aissata Tal Sall, Thursday in Luanda, expressed the intention of her country to work with the Angolan government, in order to re-launch the bilateral cooperation relations.

Aissata Tal Sall was speaking to the press at the end of an audience granted to her by the Angolan President, João Lourenço, with whom she discussed the re-launching of cooperation between the two countries.

"We must redouble our efforts and make up for lost time, to the benefit of both governments," the head of the Senegalese Diplomacy said on the occasion.

Minister Aissata Tal Sall believes that Angola and Senegal can play a fundamental role in integrating the regions where they are located on the African continent.

Angola is part of the Central and Southern Africa countries, while Senegal is part of Western Africa.

In Angola for a 48-hour working visit, the Senegalese minister expressed her country's interest in taking advantage of Angola's experience in oil exploration. 

In this regard, she said that in 2023 Senegal would start oil exploration in its territory.

Last Wednesday, at the swearing in of the first ambassador of Angola to Senegal, Adão Pinto, President João Lourenço regretted the fact that, 46 years after national independence, Angola had not yet opened its diplomatic representation in that West African country.

At the time, the Head of State considered Senegal an "important country for its culture and history and, above all, for the influence it has in the region where it is located.

At the same occasion, João Lourenço encouraged ambassador Adão Pinto to work hard for the reinforcement of the friendship ties and cooperation between the two States.