Angola has announced its readiness to deepen bilateral relationships with Nigeria.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Angola,Téte António, made the revelation to Journalists during his visit to Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja.
António was in Nigeria to deliver the Angolan President, João Lourenço’s invitation to President Bola Tinubu for the regular bilateral and multilateral consultations of African leaders slated for November in the Southern African country.
According to António, who met with Yusuf Tuggar, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lourenço’s message has been delivered through Tuggar, to President Tinubu.
“I do not know what is written, but I discussed it with my counterpart. We talked about bilateral relations between Angola and Nigeria.
“We discussed how we would like to boost diplomatic relations, in terms of the cooperation existing between our two countries, including the legal institutions we signed in the past.
This will enable both countries, “to see how we are implementing them and to see which new ones we have, and we can bring in again”.
It will also help on “how to create a suitable environment for business people to be a part of the bilateral ties existing between Angola and Nigeria.
“As ministers of foreign affairs and external relations, we discussed the peace and security situations in the Sahel and other parts, including Central Africa, Great lakes and Sudan.”
However, he stated that such were actually challenges for the continent, as well as constitutional changes that happened in West Africa and recently, in Gabon.
He explained that their discussion centered on multilateral issues and on ways both countries could support each other in Angola-Nigeria multilateral systems.
“Bearing in mind that a very good relationship exists between our countries, we actually have duties as ministers of foreign affairs to deepen ties.
