Angola-Cape Verde relations
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Angola-Cape Verde relations are based on their shared experiences as Portuguese colonies fighting for independence.
Domingos Pereira Magalhães is the ambassador of Cape Verde to Angola.[1]
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[edit] 1970s
Cape Verde sign a friendship accord with Angola in December 1975, shortly after Angola gained its independence. Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau served as stop-over points for Cuban troops on their way to Angola to fight UNITA rebels and South African troops. Prime Minister Pedro Pires sent FARP soldiers to Angola where they served as the personal bodyguards of Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos.[2]
The MPLA broke off relations with Portugal on May 19 but reestablished official contact on September 3 following a meeting between their foreign ministers in Cape Verde.[3]
[edit] 2000s
Robert Fowler, Canada's ambassador to the United Nations, headed a UN Commission investigating violations of Angola's Lusaka Protocol, a 1994 peace accord. The commission released its report on March 14, 2000. According to the report, the governments of Côte d'Ivoire, South Africa, Zambia, Morocco and Belgium did not enforce the UN-travel ban on UNITA officials while France, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States allowed UNITA to maintain offices in their respective countries.[4]
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[edit] References
- ^ Angola: President Dos Santos Accredits U.S., Côte D'Ivoire Ambassadors (HTML). Angola Press Agency via allAfrica (2008). Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
- ^ Lobban, Richard (1995). Cape Verde:Crioulo Colony to Independent Nation, 111-112.
- ^ Kalley, Jacqueline A.; Elna Schoeman (1999). Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997, 2-5.
- ^ W. Martin, James (2004). Historical Dictionary of Angola, 58.
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