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Minister Received by Mozambican Premier |
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A message from Angolan head of State, Jose Eduardo dos
Santos, to his Mozambican counterpart, Armando Guebuza,
was delivered in Maputo to local prime minister, Luisa Diogo,
during an audience granted to Foreign minister, João
Bernardo de Miranda.
After the audience, João Miranda, who started a two-day
official visit to Mozambique, told journalists he discussed
with the local prime minister the debt of that African Portuguese
speaking country of the Indian Ocean to Angola.Regarding
this, he transmitted Angolan Government`s decision
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turn the other portion into resources for the purchase of buildings,
shares and other assets.
He admitted the debt is not all that big, adding that the pardon
conversion percentages will be studied by the Finance ministers
of both countries, with a view to the earliest settlement of the
matter.
Joao Miranda also informed the other party on Angola`s intention
to promote soon a business forum in Mozambique, thus bringing together
businesspeople from both countries.
The forum, he stated, will permit Mozambican themselves to bid their
chances of investing in each State.
Joao Miranda visited the Mozambique Academy of Police Sciences,
an institution set up seven years ago, currently taining Angolan
staffs.
Meanwhile, the Mozambican minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation,
Alcinda Abreu, hosted a dinner for João Miranda, whose visit
to that country is closing Tuesday. Source: Angop |
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