2021-01-19 05:35:28 GMT2021-01-19 13:35:28(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
LUANDA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) Angola thinks the fight against maritime piracy and terrorism necessarily involves the creation of a strategy for government funding in the Gulf of Guinea and the Great Lakes region, the country s Secretary of State for the External Relations Esmeralda Mendonca said on Monday.
The Angolan official made the remark on the sidelines of the presentation ceremony of the recently appointed Gulf of Guinea Commission Deputy Executive Secretary Afonso Eduardo, an Angolan.
Mendonca stressed that if the member states of the region have concerted actions to tackle maritime piracy, they will contribute to the security and development of the region.