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Portugal wants to strengthen cooperation with Angola in the area of heritage conservation

The Portuguese ambassador to Angola expressed, in Luanda, the interest in expanding cooperation in the field of culture between two countries in terms of restoration and conservation of heritage.

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Pedro Pessoa e Costa was speaking at the end of a guided visit by the minister of Culture, Environment and Tourism, Adjany Costa, to the Angolan artist Álvaro Macieira's exhibition, entitled "Synthesis - An Artist in Multiple Languages", recently inaugurated at the Centro Cultural Português.

The Portuguese diplomat said, in statements to the Lusa agency, that the issue of cultural and creative industries may go further, for example, in the case of restoration, rehabilitation and conservation of heritage.

For Pedro Pessoa and Costa, the restoration and rehabilitation of heritage is "a way of respecting a heritage and a past and keeping it alive".

According to the ambassador, the bilateral relationship between the two countries "is extremely complicit and touches all areas".

"The idea also here in this center is to try in a bilateral relationship to approach other areas, such as the restoration and conservation of heritage. It is very interesting and the minister expressed a lot of interest", said the Portuguese diplomat, noting that Portugal has companies specialized in this particularly in the restoration of churches, museums, which it can share with Angola.

Regarding the center, Pedro Pessoa and Costa pointed out that since the beginning of the pandemic, the form of communication has been revolutionized, with new rules, defined by organized visits.

"And this center, which is important, and the minister has just recognized, is very important in the panorama and in the Angolan cultural scene", said the ambassador, adding that through that space "true bridges will be created between the creative cultural industries of artists and creators. of Portugal and Angola ".

"Today we have an Angolan artist, we are preparing a program to bring Portuguese artists here, to show, and we are also thinking about doing some of the joint work of the two realities, of the two cultures," he said.

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