Angolan President Joao Lourenco Pays First Bilateral Visit to India in 38 Years to Boost Ties.

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President of the Republic of Angola, Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco was on his four-day official visit to India from May 1 to 4, 2025, at the invitation of President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu, to strengthen the bilateral relations between the two countries.


      - He was accompanied by a high-level delegation, including several Ministers, senior officials, business houses, media etc.

      - This visit marks the first bilateral visit of President Lourenco, who assumed office in 2017, and the first visit of a President of Angola to India after 38 years.

      - He met Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi and held high-level delegation talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.

Main Point :-   (i) During the meeting, PM Narendra Modi announced USD 200 million as Line of Credit (LOC) for the modernisation of Angola's armed forces.

      (ii) During the state visit of Angolan President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço to India, India and Angola signed three Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to strengthen bilateral cooperation across various sectors.

(iii) Republic of Angola joined the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Framework Agreement and became the 123rd member of the ISA.

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