Montenegro wants to “deepen commercial relations” between Portugal and Angola

The prime minister stated this Friday that he intends to maintain bilateral cooperation between Portugal and Angola and “deepen commercial relations”, highlighting that there are many Portuguese companies operating in “strategic areas” for Luanda.

Speaking to journalists after a meeting with the President of Angola, João Lourenço, at the prime minister’s official residence in São Bento, Luís Montenegro assured that cooperation between the two countries and peoples “will continue”.

“I had the opportunity to give the President of Angola an overview of our intentions, of the Government of Portugal, to maintain this path of close relationship between our governments in many areas: from culture to education, to economic relations, in which we have every interest to deepen”, he highlighted.

The head of the Portuguese executive said that it is the intention of the two countries to hold a meeting of the Portugal-Angola Intergovernmental Joint Commission in Lisbon in the coming months, to “continue the strategic cooperation program” and “deepen commercial relations” between the two countries, guaranteeing “more intensity in the activities” of Angolan and Portuguese companies.

“Today we have many Portuguese companies operating in priority, strategic areas in Angola: in the agri-food sector, textiles, pharmaceuticals, tourism, construction, renewable energy, technological areas, and we are very interested in continuing to follow this common path” , he indicated.

Montenegro said that the Government has “every interest” in consolidating these positions “in a framework that is not only bilateral, but also multilateral”.

“From this point of view, I will have the opportunity to continue interacting with President João Lourenço, cooperating with Angola within the framework of Angola’s relationship with the European Union, within the framework of the CPLP, the United Nations and the G20, as we were both invited by Brazil to be able, this year, to participate in the work of the G20”, he stressed.