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08:07, July 05, 2007 |
Angola's National Assembly Speaker Roberto de Almeida here on Wednesday said Angola is ready to reinforce parliamentary relations with Botswana.
Addressing the special session of the parliament on the occasion of Patrick Balopi's visit that started on Tuesday, Roberto de Almeida said Patrick Balopi's five-day visit "will give a new boost to the relations between the two countries' parliaments in the quest for other forms of cooperation."
He added that as member countries of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), both Angola and Botswana "have reasons to push forward the general accord of cooperation signed in 2006 between the two governments."
The Angolan parliament leader said the relations between the two countries can date back to the early years of the national independence, recalling that Botswana strongly rejected the racial segregation regime of South Africa, accepted sacrifices and extended support to other states and political organizations for the elimination of apartheid and achievement of the independence of Namibia and Zimbabwe.
"The consolidation of peace requires political stability and preservation of democracy, that is the normal functioning of the institutions, the participation of the civil society and the creation of a political environment appropriate for the country's reconstruction," he said.
During his five-day visit to Angola, Patrick Balopi will meet with a number of Angolan ministers including Foreign Minister JoaoMiranda, Industry Minister Joaquim David, Geology and Mines Minister Manuel Africano, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Afonso Canga and Territory Administration Minister Virgílio de Fontes Pereira.
The Botswanian parliament speaker, who is scheduled to leave Luanda on Saturday for home, will also meet with Angola's National Electoral Commission and the national group of the SADC Parliamentarian Forum and visit a diamond polishing factory in the capital Luanda, a historical site and a tourism zone.
Source: Xinhua
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