Angola hopes business forum in Portugal will bring ‘very concrete results’

The Angolan Minister of State for Economic Coordination hopes that a business forum to be held in Portugal this month ahead of the Portuguese Prime Minister’s visit to Angola will bring “very concrete results” for both countries.

“In preparation for the visit of the Prime Minister of Portugal to Angola, which is scheduled for June, a business forum for entrepreneurs is being organized between two investment agencies, both Angola and Portugal. Angolan and Portuguese businessmen, it will happen in Portugal,” Manuel Nunez Junior said in an interview with the Lusa news agency.

Manuel Núñez Júnior stressed that the city where the forum will take place, between Lisbon and Porto, has not yet been determined, but he stressed that the event is being organized to “bring the relationship between Angola and Portugal in terms of enterprising, more intense, more profound”.

“They already exist, but mainly to make our efforts to diversify the economy more effective, and Portugal can play a very important role, especially in small and medium-sized companies. This is important,” he said.

The Angolan official singled out as areas of interest those related to the real economy, “that part of the production of goods and services”, namely: agriculture, manufacturing, fisheries and tourism.

“All these areas will be considered in this forum, which I hope will bring very concrete results between Portugal and Angola,” he stressed.

Portuguese Foreign Minister João Gomes Cravinho, who was in Luanda on Tuesday at the head of the Portuguese delegation participating in the 3rd plenary meeting of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission between Angola and Portugal, underlined the importance that will be given to the economic part during the visit of Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa .

João Gomes Cravinho said that hosting the forum “is very motivating for Portuguese companies that want to come to Angola.”

During the visit of the Prime Minister of Portugal, the signing of various legal documents is expected, according to the final communiqué of the meeting of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission Angola – Portugal, among which the Strategic Cooperation Program Portugal – Angola for 2023-2027 stands out. .

Cooperation between Lisbon and Luanda already includes about 50 legal documents signed over the past five years, João Gomes Cravinho stressed at the meeting, which is a sign of the “intensity of relations” between the two countries.