President Droupadi Murmu held bilateral talks with her Angolan counterpart João Lourenço in Luanda. Earlier, she was accorded a grand ceremonial welcome and Guard of Honour at the Presidential Palace in Luanda upon arrival. The two leaders held comprehensive talks aimed at deepening the multifaceted partnership between India and Angola.
During the discussions, President Murmu emphasized the importance of expanding cooperation across a wide range of sectors that reflect both nations’ shared priorities and complementarities. She highlighted potential collaboration in areas such as sharing of parliamentary best practices, agriculture-especially in seeds and fertilizers-oil exploration and refining, connectivity and transport infrastructure, rare earth minerals, and diamond processing.
The President underscored India’s specific expertise in several of these domains and conveyed India’s readiness to work closely with Angola in harnessing these opportunities for mutual growth and prosperity. She also placed a strong focus on capacity building and training, digital public infrastructure, defence cooperation, and reforms of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
Applauding Angola’s commitment to sustainable development, President Murmu congratulated the country for joining two major global initiatives led by India-the Global Biofuels Alliance and the International Big Cat Alliance-underscoring Angola’s proactive role in addressing global environmental and biodiversity challenges.
The two sides are scheduled to sign and exchange several Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) to formalize cooperation in identified sectors.
In her press statement, the President said, she was very happy to be in Luanda on the occasion of 50th Anniversary of Independence of Angola. She extended wishes to Angola from 140 Crore Indians on 50th Independence anniversary and Angola’s Chairship of African Union. She said, it is an important year for the bilateral relationship as both countries celebrate 40 years of ties. This sentence is deleted from story: India and Angola also signed three MoUs in the field of Defence, Culture and Ayurveda.
Two MoUs were signed to enhance cooperation in the areas of fisheries, aquaculture, marine resources, and consular matters. It was also decided to take forward the Air Services Agreement. Angola has decided to join the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) and the Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA).
