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President Dos Santos sends message to Egyptian counterpart, Hosni Mubarak

Sharm-El-Sheikh, 06/29 – A message of the Angolan Head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos was this Sunday handed over, in Sharm-El-Sheikh city, to the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak.

Angolan prime minister, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, who arrived on Saturday in this Arab country to represent the President at the XI Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), to be held next Monday and Tuesday, in Sharm-El-Sheikh, was the bearer of the message.

The context of the message was not revealed to the press, but it is presumed that it is based on the AU’s challenges towards development and economic stability, the reinforcement of cooperation relations between both countries and concerning the electoral crisis in Zimbabwe.

Still this Sunday, the Angolan premier attended the XIX Summit of the Committee of Heads of State and Government for the Implementation of the New Economic Partnership for African Development (NEPAD).

Participants to the gathering debated matters relating to the promotion of science and technology, reinforcement of health systems, construction of infrastructures, effects of climate change and Africa’s response to the impact of the world food crisis.

They reflected about the USD four million aid promised during the IV Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), held last April in Japan.

Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos arrived in Egypt on Saturday and leads a delegation comprising the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs, Georges Chicoty and the Angolan representative to the African Union, Manuel Augusto.

Senior officials of the Presidency of the Republic and of the prime minister’s office and prominent entities linked to diplomacy are also part of the Angolan delegation.