The head of the Spanish Government intends to gradually resume his international agenda, which is highly conditioned by the coviod-19 pandemic, which has Africa as one of the priorities, according to the same source.
In a meeting with the ambassadors of Spain, which took place at the beginning of the year, Pedro Sánchez had already indicated that as soon as the epidemiological situation caused by the pandemic allowed, he would tour several African countries to reinforce the country's presence in that continent and express his desire Madrid to have greater collaboration with the respective governments.
"This must be Spain's decade in Africa," stressed Sánchez on that occasion, in which he stated that he wanted a greater presence of Spanish companies in the region.
The head of the Spanish Government has planned to leave Madrid on 7 April to return to 9 of the same month, making an official one-day visit to each of the two countries.
President João Lourenço, upon taking office in 2017, alluded to the priority relationship he intended to establish with several countries, including Spain, and at the time invited Spanish investors to participate in the process of economic diversification and privatizations that he intended to implement.
At the time, he even invited the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to a visit whose date was set for March 25 and 26, 2018, who had to cancel the trip at the last minute due to the political situation in Catalonia.
The head of the Spanish executive at the time had planned to take an important delegation of businessmen from the most diverse sectors to Luanda, with particular emphasis on energy, water, telecommunications, transport, industry and tourism.
Madrid's economic diplomacy has been making a very strong bet since 2010, following the financial crisis, to extend its traditional area of influence (Latin America and North Africa) to other areas of the globe.
