Ethiopian government praises João Lourenço's role in pacification process

 Luanda - The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Demeke Hassen, on Tuesday in Addis Ababa, praised the role of the Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, as a Champion for Peace and Reconciliation in the African continent.

The Ethiopian official was speaking during an audience he granted to Ambassador Francisco da Cruz, who is leaving office in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa and will move on to New York, where he will take up the post of Angolan Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN).

 

According to a press release from the Angolan Embassy in Addis Ababa, which ANGOP had access to, on the occasion, the Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister highlighted the performance of Angola in the pacification process in the Great Lakes Region and in the Central African Republic (CAR).

 

During the meeting, the two officials discussed priority issues of the bilateral agenda, highlighting the need to revise the existing agreements in the fields of services and trade and the signing of three new legal instruments.

 

This is the Cooperation Agreement in the economic, technical, scientific and cultural domains between Angola and Ethiopia Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as well as the Agreement on Visa Exemption in Diplomatic and Service Passports.

 

Relations between both countries are historical and friendly, covered by the defence of multilateralism in the resolution of global problems and of Pan-Africanism on the basis of the implementation of Agenda 2063 of the African Union (AU), called “Africa we want”.

 

The Ambassador Francisco da Cruz said goodbye, a few days ago, to the Chairman of African Union (AU), Mousssa Faki Mahamat, who awarded him with a certificate of merit and the AU badge, for having represented his country with skill and dedication and contributed diligently in furthering the objectives of the pan-African organization.

 

Francisco da Cruz expressed his happiness due to the fact that AU decided to hold the 12th Edition of the High Level Dialogue on Democracy, Governance, Human Rights, Trends, Challenges and Perspectives, in Luanda, in the second semester of the current year.

 

On the other hand, he defended the reversal of the poor insertion of Angolan cadres in the African Union bodies which corresponds to only 5% of its quota and he requested the African Union Commission for this purpose.