Sebastião Gaspar Martins was responding to Lusa at the end of a press conference in Luanda where the preliminary results of the oil company in 2021 were presented.
"Of course, as we are in a globalized world, all the effects that arise in terms of this type of conflict end up impacting the industry itself", considered the president of Sonangol, stressing that, if the foreseeable rise in oil prices "can help" Angola , there is also an impact around the activity in terms of logistics.
"Yes, it will have an impact, in the logistical aspects we will have some need to adjust. We are monitoring the evolution of this situation", he said.
Gaspar Martins recalled that Angola was subject to a war for many years, so he knows "the price that this has and it is not positive for anyone" that the situation continues.
"We regret what is happening, we believe that there are always other solutions, the impact of losing lives is not positive for anyone and we must all make efforts so that it does not even start", he pointed out.
On Thursday, Russia launched a military offensive in Ukraine, with ground forces and bombing targets in several cities, which has already caused at least more than 120 deaths, including civilians, and hundreds of wounded, in Ukrainian territory, according to Kiev. . The UN reported 100,000 displaced people on the first day of fighting.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the "special military operation" in Ukraine aims to "demilitarize and denazify" its neighbor and that it was the only way for the country to defend itself. of its "results" and "relevance".
The attack was condemned by the international community in general and prompted emergency meetings of several governments, including the Portuguese, and of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union (EU) and the UN Security Council, with sanctions being approved. en masse against Russia.
