That is what the Angolan president defended on Wednesday “direct negotiations” between Russia and Ukraine, between Russia and the United States, and between Russia and NATO to end the war in Ukraine and ensure world peace.
“The war in Ukraine, which has been going on for more than a year, threatens to assume proportions that increasingly threaten world peace and security, so everything must be done to prevent the escalation of the conflict,” João Lourenço said in the city today Menongue, Angolan province of Cuando-Cubango.
For the Angolan President “It is imperative that there is a dialogue between Russia and Ukraine for the establishment of a ceasefire that paves the way for negotiations for a final peace, the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine must be respected as enshrined in international law and in the Charter of the United Nations which we must all respect”.
João Lourenço recalled that Angola defended itself against the aggression of the South African apartheid army, “but when it came to peace negotiations, it had to be done with the involvement of other states, by negotiating and signing the New York quadripartite agreements” .
Accordingly, he noted, “we support not only the need to establish direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, between Russia and the United States, but also between Russia and NATO to ensure a lasting peace, not only for Ukraine, but for Europe and the world.”.
“Avoiding a dangerous nuclear confrontation in this way,” he stressed, speaking at the opening of the meeting of Angolan military leaders, which took place in that southern province of Angola.
Speaking as Commander-in-Chief of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA), João Loureço also referred to the moment being “critical” to take “concrete steps” in the search for solutions to achieve peace (in Ukraine) “in a matter-of-fact way”.
“The world today is still not as safe as one would like, dangerous events such as the threat of nuclear confrontation, international terrorism continue to occur in the world”
“So we don’t regret it later”, also considering that now is the “right time” to take concrete steps to implement “necessary reforms” in the United Nations Security Council, the IMF, the World Bank and the World Bank. Trade Organization Business.
The Angolan head of state, who chaired the meeting of Angolan military leaders, has been in Cuando-Cubango since Tuesday, where he watched the military maneuvers of the three branches of the FAA.
These maneuvers “took place in the month of May, the year in which humanity’s victory over Nazism is celebrated, responsible for the loss of 50 million human lives, including that of the Jewish people, victims of the Holocaust,” he recalled.
“Despite major achievements, today’s world is still not as safe as people would like it to be, dangerous events continue to occur in the world, such as the threat of nuclear confrontation, international terrorism,” he stressed.
Unconstitutional seizures of power, wars of aggression, invasion, occupation and annexation of part of the territory of sovereign countries and mercenaries serving states, he said, also endanger world security.
He also said in his speech that the world is “following with great attention and concern” the tension in the Korean Peninsula, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the deteriorating security situation in Africa’s Sahel region, in eastern DRC, in Mozambique and in the Horn of Africa.
“We encourage the belligerents in Sudan to establish a ceasefire to negotiate a final peace ending the war that in just a few days claimed hundreds of lives, thousands of internally displaced persons and refugees caused to neighboring countries,” further defended João Lourenço.
The meeting of the FAA’s military leaders takes place under the motto “In Peace, Strengthen the Armed Forces”. The Army, Air Force, and Navy are the three branches of the Angolan Armed Forces.
Source: DN
