28 August 2009

Lubango — The chairman of the association of military attachés accredited in Angola, colonel Alessandro Pompeu Coelho, last Thursday in Lubango City, in the southern Huíla Province, considered as healthy the existing military relations between the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) and his organisation.

Speaking at the end of a meeting he held with the commander of the southern military region, general Apollo Felino Yakuvela, the military diplomat said that it is necessary to strengthen and preserve the friendship and cooperation ties between both institutions, so as to increase the integration between the association and FAA.

The members of the association left for Huíla Province in order to learn more about the country, the particularity of each province and FAA in different regions of Angola.

The diplomat said that initiatives of this kind will continue so as to strengthen the relations even more.

On his turn , the commander of the southern military region, general Apollo Felino Yakuvela, highlighted the contribution of Armed Forces from the different countries whose defence attachés are part of the mentioned association, in the training of Angolan military cadres, logistical supply, among other issues.

The delegation, which is comprised by France, Belgium, Cuba, Portugal and Brazil, visited the headquarters of the Organising Committee o the African Cup of Nations (COCAN) in Huila Province, the construction works of the new stadium that will host matches of CAN-2010, the plant of ornamental rocks (Emanha) and the factory of mineral water (Chela), as well as project of FAA's pension scheme dubbed "Laranjinha".

This is the second time that representatives of the military defence visited the province. The delegation is travelling this Friday to the south-west Namibe Province.

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