Angola and Dominican Republic to cooperate in energy sector
The minister of Energy and Mines of the Dominican Republic, António Almontes, expressed Monday in Santo Domingo, capital city, the intention to cooperate with Angola in order to formulate and manage policies for the responsible and sustainable development of the energy sector.
According to a note to which ANGOP had access, António Almontes, who was speaking during a meeting with the Angolan ambassador, Maria Cândida Pereira Teixeira, his government wants to reverse, above all, the dependence on imported hydrocarbons and Angola’s experience in oil and natural gas exploration that can help the Dominican Republic, which has the United States, the Netherlands and Nigeria as its main suppliers.
He said that it has been the desire of the Dominican Republic to produce oil for many years, adding that they also expanded its natural gas infrastructure in recent years with the conversion to gas of several oil plants and the development of new projects, pointing out that Angola could be a great partner for his country.
The Angolan diplomat, who is on a working visit to the Caribbean country as part of the strengthening of relations between both countries, also visited the national evangelical university in Santo Domingo.
To her, the education institution is open to cooperate with Angola, especially for degree, postgraduate and doctorate level in the most different areas of knowledge.
On her working visit, the ambassador is accompanied by the defence attaché, Tomás Amaral, and by the first secretary, Hélio Pimentel.
Diplomatic relations between Angola and the Dominican Republic were formalized in 2009 in a ceremony that took place at the United Nations headquarters.
The Dominican Republic is the seventh largest economy in Latin America and the first in Central America and the Caribbean. Its economy depends primarily on tourism, which makes it one of the most visited places in the Caribbean region
Source: Angola Press News Agency