The Namibia-Angola Joint Commission of Cooperation this week reviewed some bilateral agreements between the two neighbouring nations.
Mandated by President Hage Geingob, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, who is Namibia’s deputy prime minister and minister of international relations and cooperation, on Monday undertook a goodwill mission to Angola, where she held a bilateral meeting with ambassador Teté António, the minister of external relations of Angola, in Luanda.
The two ministers exchanged views on matters of mutual interest and concern at the bilateral level, including the issue of Namibian farmers grazing their cattle in the southern parts of Angola, and reaffirmed the importance of peaceful co-existence and good neighbourliness along the common border.
A press statement by the international relations ministry said the two ministers underscored the sanctity and importance of respecting the rules, regulations and laws of the Republic of Angola and the Republic of Namibia.
“In this regard, it was re-emphasised that Namibians are welcome on condition that they obey and respect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Angola,” it reads.
The two ministers stressed the importance of the preservation of protected natural reserves, in line with the objectives and principles of the Kavango-Zambezi Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA-CFTA), and called for the de-occupation of those farmers who have illegally set up structures on Angolan territory.
The ministers emphasised that the bilateral agreement on the Movements of Goods and People (signed in 1992), continues to be in force.
Source : Newer Alive