"Embraer is available to restore the Angolan fleet of Super Tucano aircraft and supply new aircraft," said the Brazilian head of state, during a press conference at the Planalto Palace, in Brasília.
"It's good for Brazil, it's good for Angola, I think we can make an effort and help Angola buy these planes," he reinforced.
To this end, Lula da Silva promised that he will forward the request to the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) "to finance the sale of the three KC-390 aircraft that Angola wants to buy, a replacement for the Hercules."
Embraer is a world leader in the manufacture of commercial aircraft with up to 150 seats. It has over 100 customers worldwide and maintains industrial units, offices, service and parts distribution centers, among other activities, in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe.
In Portugal, it is the majority shareholder of OGMA - Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal, in Alverca, with 65 percent of the capital.
Brazilian President wants to increase investment and trade with Angola and praises "good payer"
"It is important to remember that Brazil once had a trade flow with Angola of 4.5 billion dollars and now we are at just 1.5 billion dollars," Lula da Silva began by saying, in front of President João Lourenço, at the Planalto Palace, in Brasília.
"It means, my dear Brazilian ministers and Angolan ministers – and female ministers too – that we have to work harder to ensure that our foreign trade flow is the size that we think our countries are," he reinforced.
For this ambition to be realized, said Lula da Silva, "it is important that Petrobras once again takes an active role in prospecting and research into fossil fuels, oil and gas."
The Brazilian head of state was referring to one of the four agreements that were signed between the two countries, including one between the state-owned oil giants Petrobras and Sonangol to develop cooperation in the areas of renewable energy, oil, gas, technology and training.
"We are modernizing the export credit guarantee instruments. Angola, it is important to remember, has always been a good payer and paid off its debt five years in advance," stressed the Brazilian head of state.
"Today we will sign an important agreement that will enable the resumption of financing lines and that will create new opportunities for economies," he said.
On the other hand, João Lourenço praised the fact that Brazil is back in Africa and asked for the return of Brazilian companies to his country to build public infrastructure and also for Brazil to reopen a financing line to cover export credit.
