The heads of Portuguese and Angolan diplomacy are meeting this Monday in Lisbon to prepare the Council of Ministers of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), which will precede the organisation’s summit to be held in São Tomé.
“Bilateral relations between Portugal and Angola, including in the economic field and in the field of cooperation, the perspectives within the framework of the Angolan Presidency of the CPLP, relations with the European Union, as well as issues on the regional and international agenda are part of the agenda “, said the statement released on Sunday by the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This Monday, at the Palácio das Necessidades, the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs, João Gomes Cravinho, receives the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Angola, Tete António, to also discuss the Joint Intergovernmental Commission of the two countries, in addition to the Extraordinary Council Meeting of CPLP Ministers.
The next CPLP summit will take place in August, in São Tomé and Príncipe, the country that will then assume the presidency of the organization, dedicated to “youth and sustainability”.
Currently, the presidency is exercised by Angola.
The CPLP comprises Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe and East Timor.