The United Nations (UN) on Wednesday praised Angola’s path to national reconciliation, presenting it as an example of transformation after years of armed conflict.
Angolan President João Lourenço received Miguel Angel Moratinos, UN Under-Secretary-General, High Representative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), and UN Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, at the Presidential Palace in Luanda.
Following the meeting, Miguel Angel Moratinos highlighted the role played by the Angolan head of state in promoting peace and mediating conflicts.
“Angola is a nation that has succeeded in transforming a long experience of civil war into a path of national reconstruction, stability, and development,” the UN official told the press.
He also emphasised the importance of Angolan leadership in efforts to promote dialogue, peaceful coexistence, and reconciliation between communities.
The meeting comes on the eve of the opening in Luanda of the 3rd edition of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Initiative, a forum dedicated to intercultural dialogue, the prevention of tensions, and the promotion of peace.
Angola experienced a civil war from 1975 to 2002, which ended with the signing of the peace accords of April 4, 2002, between the government and UNITA.
Since then, Angolan authorities have emphasised a process of national reconstruction and peacebuilding.
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