President João Lourenço’s presence at the opening of a new, Chinese-built water treatment facility highlights the value Luanda places on the relationship.
Angola
The neodymium-praseodymium extracted from the mine is used in the making of magnets for electric vehicle motors.
Capital and international expertise are needed to fully exploit Angola’s rich reserves of critical minerals, the minister says.
An Angolan and Portuguese consortium has been given a US$1.168 billion contract to build a 260-kilometre railway connecting Angola’s coast and hinterlands.
Angola’s government has high hopes that the facility will spur economic diversification and growth in southwestern Africa.
The trip comes as the organisation, set up to promote business links between Macao and lusophone countries, gears up to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
Railway link essential in providing route from mines in Democratic Republic of Congo to port in Angola and onwards to international markets.
Entry to Portugal also eased as Portuguese language country citizens no longer need to present travel insurance, proof of means of subsistence or copy of return ticket.
Citizens from Brazil, Timor-Leste and Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa will be granted visa on request.