Luanda, June 18, 2025 (Lusa) — Angola's ambassador to China, Dalva Ringote Allen, has delivered an invitation from Angolan President João Lourenço to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to attend the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the country's independence.

According to Angola's National Radio (RNA), the invitation was delivered to the director of the Africa Department of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Du Xiaohui, during a meeting in which the Angolan diplomat also discussed strengthening bilateral cooperation and the importance of promoting regular technical meetings between the two countries.

At the meeting, Du Xiaohui reiterated the strategic value of Sino-Angolan relations and recalled the support China has given Angola at crucial moments in its recent history, underlining Beijing's interest in continuing to deepen the economic and political partnership.

China is Angola's main economic partner and the country's largest bilateral creditor. After the end of the civil war in 2002, Beijing played a decisive role in national reconstruction programmes, financing infrastructure projects in exchange for regular oil supplies.

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