Adão de Almeida heads the delegation that will attend the inauguration ceremony of Daniel Chapo as the next President of Mozambique, on Wednesday, representing the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, who will not be present "due to agenda constraints, due to previously assumed commitments", said the minister in statements to journalists, at the end of a meeting with the outgoing Mozambican head of state, Filipe Nyusi.
"We were the bearers of a message from President João Lourenço to President Nyusi that reaffirms Angola's availability and readiness to always be with Mozambique and the Mozambican people," declared the minister about the purpose of this meeting in Maputo.
"Angola could not fail to be present at such an important moment," he said, referring to Wednesday's ceremony, a moment "to tell the people of Mozambique that they have, and can always count on, the solidarity of the Angolan people."
Adão de Almeida said that "Mozambique is a brother country" with which Angola shares "ties of all kinds" and that this is also the opportune moment to reaffirm this "excellent relationship".
Daniel Chapo is sworn in on Wednesday in Maputo as the fifth President of the Republic of Mozambique, the first born after the country's independence, in a ceremony attended by around 2500 guests and the presence of two heads of state.
The investiture ceremony will take place at Independence Square, in the center of Maputo.
The presidents of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, and Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, are the only heads of state who have confirmed their presence at the ceremony, said the vice-president of the Interministerial Commission for Major Events, Eldevina Materula.
Three vice-presidents will also be present, namely from Tanzania, Malawi and Kenya, as well as the prime ministers of Eswatini and Rwanda and at least eight ministers from various countries, including the Minister of State and Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Paulo Rangel.