DPM and MFA met with the Minister of the Interior of Angola

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dačić met today with Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Angola Eugenio César Laborinho. State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Angola Esmeralda Bravo Conde da Silva Mendonça was also part of the delegation of Minister Laborinho.

Minister Dačić stated that bilateral relations between Serbia and Angola were extremely good, that they were based on mutual respect and appreciation, and there was a willingness to develop them further by exchanging visits at a high and top levels.

Minister Dačić took the opportunity to emphasise once again that Serbia highly valued Angola's strong support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia and full commitment to the generally accepted principles of international public law, which the two countries share.

Angolan Minister Laborinho expressed his satisfaction with the opportunity to visit Belgrade, the birthplace of the Non-Aligned Movement. He thanked Minister Dačić for the warm reception and said that he felt at home in Belgrade. Laborinho particularly pointed out that on the occasion of commemorating the 100^th anniversary of the birth of the first president of the Republic of Angola, a monument to Agostinho Neto would be ceremonially unveiled and placed in the street of the same name in New Belgrade.

Both sides expressed interest in further strengthening economic cooperation and cooperation in specific areas such as agriculture, health, defence, information technologies and education.