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Message from Ambassadors

Angola-Japan:
Working Together
to Build a Win-Win RelationshipJoão Miguel Vahekeni
Ambassador of Angola to JapanA

ngola is a country with strong and sustained
economic growth and ranks among theworld’s fastest growing economies over the last
decade. Historically, the economy relied heavily on
the oil sector but this process is now being reversed
as other economic sectors, such as construction, arebegging to show remarkable signs of growth and attracting significant foreign investment.
Investment opportunities also abound in other sectors such as industry, agriculture, power, transportation, etc. and we, the Embassy, are ready to givefull support to Japanese companies interested in entering the Angolan market.

T

he Angola-Japan bilateral relations will reach
new heights in the months ahead given that
the Angolan Government has declared Japan as oneof its key partners in Asia, in the foreign policy announced earlier this year.

2013年９月のアンゴラ投資セミナーで開会挨拶に立つ
ジョアン・ミゲル・ヴァヘケニ駐日アンゴラ大使

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While we look ahead, we can proudly reflect on thevarious projects we carried out in 2013 such as thesignature of a cooperation agreement between
Agostinho Neto University (Angola) and Ryukoku
University (Japan), the first of such an agreement
between a university in Angola and a partner inAsia. We hope that academic exchanges between
these two institutions will lead to the developmentof human resources in Angola as well as further enhance the mutual understanding between the twocountries.

In May 2013, H.E. Mr. Francisco ManuelMonteiro de Queiroz, Minister of Geology andMines came to Japan to attend the Japan
Sustainable Mining, Investment and Technology
Business Forum (J-Sumit) attended by resources
Ministers from Africa countries and Japanese mining companies. Minister Queiroz met H.E. Mr.
Isshu Sugawara, State Minister of Economy, Tradeand Industry, with who reviewed the state of the bilateral ties between the two countries.
Representing the President of the Republic ofAngola, H.E. Mr. Georges Rebelo Pinto Chicoti,
Minister of External Affairs, leading a delegation of28 representatives from various ministries participated in the 5th Tokyo International Conference on
African Development (TICAD V) held in
Yokohama. On the sidelines of TICAD V, Minister
Chicoti held talks with H.E. Mr. Fumio Kishida,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the twosides discussed about ways to strengthen the bilateral relations of Angola and Japan and how to expand them into different fields.

アンゴラ特集Astrong delegation from Angola headed by
H.E. Mr. Francisco Manuel Monteiro deQueiroz, Minister of Geology and Mines, and madeup of representatives from the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Energyand Water, Chamber of Commerce and Industry ofAngola, National Private Investment Agency(ANIP), National Diamond Company (ENDIAMA), Diamond Trade Society of Angola (SODIAM), Toyota Angola and representatives of some
private companies came to Japan to take part in the“Seminar on Investment Opportunities in Angola”
which was held last September in Tokyo.
The seminar co-organized by the Embassy of theRepublic of Angola in Japan and the Japan Institutefor Overseas Investment (JOI) with the support of
the Engineering Advancement Association of Japanand the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
was a great success attracting nearly 200 participants from as far as Shizuoka and Hiroshima.
The event, the first of its kind held in Japan by theEmbassy of Angola, served as an important opportunity to introduce to the Japanese business community the political stability and the astonishingeconomic development that Angola has been witnessing since 2002. Furthermore, the seminar wasin one hand a setting to show to potential Japanese
investors the countless business opportunities thatthe country has to offer and on the other a venue forbusinessmen from the two countries to exchange
views on how to develop and further the economic
ties existing between Angola and Japan.

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In fact, the results of the seminar are already being
felt as shown by the growing number of Japanesebusinessmen going to Angola to follow up on contacts established during the seminar as well as toexplore new business opportunities. When we compare the number of visa applicants to Angola in thelast three months with the same period a year ago,
we can see a staggering threefold increase.

The Embassy of Angola in Japan will continue
to exert efforts to develop programs aimed atpromoting and strengthening the economic relations
between Angola and Japan. Furthermore, we will
enhance our role as a mediator in supporting the entry of Japanese business in Angola by organizing
business seminars in Japan and in Angola as well as
by arranging field trips to Angola for Japanese businessmen.
It is my sincere hope that more and more Japanesecompanies put Angola in their investment radar andplay a leading role in the development of the economy of Angola and in the process build a long-term
win-win relationship between our two countries andpeoples.
Arigatou gozaimasu.

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Mr. Pepino Macosso, First Secretary
TEL: 03-5430-7879 Fax: 03-5712-7482
E-mail: p-macosso@angola.or.jp URL: http://www.angola.or.jp

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