Luanda — The governments of Angola and Russia on Friday signed six agreements in the domains of aviation, investments, higher education, mineral resources and telecommunications, during the visit of Russian President Dimitri Medevdev.
In the presence of the two heads of State, both sides signed agreements on air services, reciprocal promotion and protection of investments and a four-year programme of economic , commercial and technical-scientific cooperation lasting from 2009 to 2013.
The two governments also signed memorandums of understanding on the creation of Angosat, a satelite communications system, and on technical cooperation on mineral resources, higher education and training of cadres.
According to the Angolan telecommunications and information technologies minister, José da Rocha, the creation of the Angolan satelite will improve the telecommunications services in the country, while the Geology and Mining minister, Makenda Ambroise, considered that the agreement he signed with the Russian minister of natural resources and ecology will bring a new impetus in the mining cooperation.
For the principal of Agostinho Neto University (UAN), Dr. João Teta, the memmo on higher education lays the groundwork for the implementation of the protocol signed the day before with the Russian Unversity of Friendship with People.
Transport deputy minister, José Kuvingua, said that the air service agreement settle the grounds for airline connections between Angola and Russia, and the deputy Planning minister estimates that russian and Angolan investments will be safe under the agrrement on reciprocal promotion and protection of investments.
