The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Lapo Pistelli, co-chaired an EU-Angola ministerial this morning in Brussels. The meeting took place in the framework of the “Joint Way Forward” dialogue process to intensify the bilateral political, economic and social partnership.
“The European Union and Italy view Angola’s economic progress and its growing role in the regional balance of southern Africa with great satisfaction”, declared Deputy Minister Pistelli in the margins of the meeting.
Angola’s Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Planning, Trade, and Science and Technology attended the meeting, accompanied by a team of high-profile experts to examine the numerous topics on the agenda.
This high-level meeting in Brussels reaffirmed the shared commitment to an enhanced political dialogue between Angola and the European Union in the peace and security, human rights, democracy and governance sectors. Other topics for discussion were how best to manage migration, and important sectors for cooperation such as energy, research and technology.
The Joint Way Forward initiative, to which Italy lends its firm support, will pave the way for progress in EU-Angola relations by jointly addressing a number of global questions of common interest and giving the growing importance of a strategic partner for Europe in the African continent its due value.
