Cairo: Angola and Egypt signed a bilateral agreement on Wednesday aimed at revitalizing cooperation in the field of defense. The agreement was signed by the Angolan Minister of National Defense, Former Combatants and Veterans of the Fatherland, João Ernesto dos Santos ‘Liberdade’, during his 72-hour working visit to Egypt, and his Egyptian counterpart, General Abdel Majeed Sagr.
According to Angola Press News Agency, Minister João Ernesto dos Santos’ itinerary in Cairo included various engagements, such as visits to enterprises and military institutions. During a meeting with the Egyptian Minister of State for Military Production, Mohamed Salah El-Din Mustafa, Santos received a presentation on military products, including weapons. His agenda also included visits to facilities such as the factory for developed industries and the vehicle department at the engineering industries complex.
The visit was further enriched by a tribute to historical figures and institutions. Santos visited the monument dedicated to
the late President Anwar Al-Sadat, Egypt’s third statesman who reintroduced the multi-party system to the country and was assassinated by fundamentalists in October 1991. Additional stops included the Command College, the General Staff, and the House of the Armed Forces Financial Affairs Authority.
The Angolan ministerial delegation accompanying Santos included the Angolan ambassador to Egypt, Nelson Manuel Cosme, Secretary of State for Defense Industry, General Afonso Neto, National Director of Defense Policy, Lieutenant General Paulo Francisco, and the minister’s diplomatic advisor of National Defense, Brigadier Silvestre Gustavo. Also present was the Defense Attaché in Cairo, Colonel José Pedro Mugimbo.