Indian ambassador to Angola Pratibha Parkar Monday in northern Uige province promised that she will encourage her country’s businessmen to invest in this region.
The diplomat made the pledge in the meeting with the provincial governor of Uige, José Carvalho da Rocha, setting the areas of agriculture, information technology and mining as the priority.
With a three-day working agenda in Uige province, Pratibha Parkar reaffirmed India's interest in strengthening cooperation with Angola in various areas.
She also spoke of the recent visit to the country of a delegation of 20 Indian companies interested in investing in various sectors, mainly in agriculture field.
The local governor of northern Uige province, José Carvalho da Rocha, spoke about the agricultural and mining potentialities of the region.
"Uige province has a strong potential in the production of banana, passion fruit, avocado, pineapple and other crops, as well as possessing a mining potential", he said.
In relation to the ambassador's visit, the governor said he hopes that it can trace the beginning of a path to establish a relationship between Indian and Angolan businessmen that operate in this region.
The working agenda of the Indian ambassador to Angola includes a visit to the Kimpa Vita University, the Ethnographic Museum of Congo, the Kabala stones and the Nzenzo caves and other tourist sites in the region
Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)