Luanda, ANGOLA, February 14 - The Portuguese Foreign Affairs minister, Augusto Santos Silva, is expected to arrive in Luanda this Thursday, with the aim of preparing the state visit of the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, scheduled to take place in March this year. ,

According to a note from the Foreign Affairs Ministry (Mirex) that reached ANGOP on Wednesday, the agenda of the Portuguese diplomat includes several activities intended to bolster the bilateral cooperation.

  

The diplomat is due to meet with Angola’s Foreign Affairs minister, Manuel Augusto.

 

The two nations established diplomatic relation in March 9 of 1976.

 

The diplomatic relation between the two nations has been extremely dynamic, which led the Portuguese prime minister, António Costa, to make an official visit to Angola in September 2018.

 

In the same year, the Angolan President, João Lourenço, at the invitation of the Portuguese counterpart, paid a three-day state visit to Portugal aimed at boosting the cooperation between the two countries.

 

Both governments have signed agreements on air transport with a view to increasing the number of connections between the two countries, as well as a cooperation protocol between the Public Debt Management Unit and its Portuguese counterpart, the Treasury and Public Debt Management Agency (IGCP).

 

Angola and Portugal "closed" the new 2018/2022 Strategic Cooperation Programme and an agreement on "mutual administrative assistance in tax matters" - the latter related to the introduction of VAT in Angola.

 

This agreement aims to establish the bases for mutual administrative assistance in tax matters and for cooperation in the introduction of VAT in Angola, already within the framework of the General State Budget (OGE) of 2019.

 

Other agreements cover diverse areas such as security, health, technical-military assistance, as well as delegated cooperation projects of the European Union in Angola, involving such matters as food safety, the revitalization of technical education and vocational training.

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