Luanda — Angola is presently a steady nation with “very concrete and enticing” insurance policies for overseas buyers, mentioned this Wednesday, in Luanda, the Israeli ambassador Shimon Solomon.
Throughout an interview to ANGOP, on the event of Israel’s Nationwide Day, marked on Might 14th, the diplomat said that the great relations between the 2 states have inspired Israeli businesspeople to put money into Angola, in a number of sectors of the nation’s economic system.
Shimon Solomon mentioned he had observed, lately, “huge adjustments” within the political and diplomatic area that convey confidence, not solely to governments, however, above all, to buyers in each nations.
In line with the diplomat, a number of Angolan enterprise delegations visited Israel with the purpose of exchanging experiences within the completely different domains.
He cited for instance the delegations of the Non-public Funding and Export Promotion Company of Angola (AIPEX), the Nationwide Diamond Firm of Angola (ENDIAMA), the Public Water Firm of Luanda (EPAL) and different key sectors of the Angolan economic system.
Shimon Solomon bolstered that of the 16 Israeli diplomatic representations overseas, Angola has been one that pulls most Israeli buyers, because of its macroeconomic insurance policies.
Then again, he added, the fixed journeys of Angolan authorities entities to Israel and vice versa present “how passable” is the extent of diplomatic ties between the 2 States.
As for commerce, the diplomat mentioned that there are challenges to be overcome on the a part of the governments of the 2 nations, as they “usually are not but passable”.
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He introduced, for this 12 months, the holding of a enterprise discussion board for Israeli buyers to put money into Angola and a attainable go to by Angolan authorities officers to Israel and vice-versa.
He additionally mentioned that his Embassy has sponsored the journey of Angolan residents to Israel to attend, yearly, programs in varied fields, particularly in agriculture and in some areas of hospital administration.
These journeys, he defined, are carried out inside the framework of cooperation relations with the Authorities of Angola and inside the scope of cooperation with the Israel’s Heart for Worldwide Cooperation of the Ministry of International Affairs (MASHAV).
Diplomatic relations between Angola and the State of Israel started in 1993.
In 1995, two years later, the State of Israel opened its Embassy, in Luanda, and, in 2000, Angola put in its diplomatic illustration in Tel Aviv.
