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U.S. and Angolan officials meet in the Pentagon to discuss defense partnership five years after major agreement

Simon Ateba by Simon Ateba
April 11, 2022
The United States Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Dr. Colin Kahl, and Minister of State and Head of the Military House of the President of the Republic of Angola, Francisco Pereira Furtado, meet in the Pentagon near Washington D.C. on April 8, 2022, to discuss the United States – Angola defense partnership.

The United States Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Dr. Colin Kahl, and Minister of State and Head of the Military House of the President of the Republic of Angola, Francisco Pereira Furtado, meet in the Pentagon near Washington D.C. on April 8, 2022, to discuss the United States – Angola defense partnership.

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The United States Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Dr. Colin Kahl, and Minister of State and Head of the Military House of the President of the Republic of Angola, Francisco Pereira Furtado, met in the Pentagon near Washington D.C. on April 8 to discuss the United States – Angola defense partnership.

“The talks reaffirmed the two countries’ commitment to strengthening bilateral defense cooperation, building on and commemorating the five-year anniversary of the 2017 Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Department of Defense and the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Angola,” the U.S. State Department said in a statement.

(Left to Right) - Minister of State and Head of the Military House of the President of the Republic of Angola, Francisco Pereira Furtado, meets with U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, in the Pentagon on April, 2022.
(Left to Right) – Minister of State and Head of the Military House of the President of the Republic of Angola, Francisco Pereira Furtado, meets with U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, in the Pentagon on April, 2022.

The United States government added that Dr. Kahl and Minister Furtado “reflected on a range of topics including regional security, security cooperation, peacekeeping operations, cybersecurity, national security strategy, personnel and readiness, and climate change.”

The United States Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Dr. Colin Kahl, and Minister of State and Head of the Military House of the President of the Republic of Angola, Francisco Pereira Furtado, meet in the Pentagon near Washington D.C. on April 8, 2022, to discuss the United States – Angola defense partnership.
The United States Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Dr. Colin Kahl, and Minister of State and Head of the Military House of the President of the Republic of Angola, Francisco Pereira Furtado, meet in the Pentagon near Washington D.C. on April 8, 2022, to discuss the United States – Angola defense partnership.

The two sides intended to seek ways to update the 2017 Memorandum of Understanding and to continue to strengthen their bilateral defense partnership.

The Angolan delegation, headed by Mr. Furtado, was in Washington DC between April 6 and April 9, to mark the fifth anniversary of the signing memorandum of understanding in the defense sector between both countries.

Minister of State and Head of the Military House of the President of the Republic of Angola, Francisco Pereira Furtado, meets with U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, in the Pentagon on April, 2022.
Minister of State and Head of the Military House of the President of the Republic of Angola, Francisco Pereira Furtado, meets with U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, in the Pentagon on April, 2022.

That memorandum was signed on May 17, 2017, by the Minister of Defense, and current President of Angola, João Lourenço, and by the Department of Defence of the United States of America, the former Secretary of Defence, General James Mattis.

The United States Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Dr. Colin Kahl, and Minister of State and Head of the Military House of the President of the Republic of Angola, Francisco Pereira Furtado, meet in the Pentagon near Washington D.C. on April 8, 2022, to discuss the United States – Angola defense partnership.
The United States Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Dr. Colin Kahl, and Minister of State and Head of the Military House of the President of the Republic of Angola, Francisco Pereira Furtado, meet in the Pentagon near Washington D.C. on April 8, 2022, to discuss the United States – Angola defense partnership.

The Angolan delegation included the Chief of General Staff of the Angolan Armed Forces, Army General António Egídio de Sousa e Santos, the deputy director of the External Intelligence Service, Mário António da Costa.

The activities included the laying of wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery and meetings with several United States officials, including the deputy director of the FBI, Paul Abbate as well as with the Under Secretary of Defense for African Affairs, Chidi Blyden.

Minister of State and Head of the Military House of the President of the Republic of Angola, Francisco Pereira Furtado, and journalist Hariana Veras, meet in Washington D.C. on April 8, 2022 during the Minister's official visit to the United States to discuss the United States – Angola defense partnership.
Minister of State and Head of the Military House of the President of the Republic of Angola, Francisco Pereira Furtado, and journalist Hariana Veras, meet in Washington D.C. on April 8, 2022, during the Minister’s official visit to the United States to discuss the United States – Angola defense partnership.

Furtado also met with U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, as well as with some Angolans in the United States, including with Angolan journalist Hariana Veras.

Hariana Veras interviews Francisco Pereira Furtado in Washington D.C. on April 8, 2022, during the Minister’s official visit to the United States to discuss the United States – Angola defense partnership.

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