Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty. Photo: AFP
The visit aims to bolster cooperation and advance the growing strategic partnership between the two countries.
During his stay, Abdelatty will hold a series of bilateral meetings with senior Angolan officials to explore opportunities for expanded collaboration in the economic, investment, and development sectors.
Both sides will also exchange views on key regional and international issues and coordinate positions on matters of mutual interest, in an effort to support security, stability, and development in Africa and beyond, the ministry added.
The trip follows a series of high-level exchanges over the past two years, as Cairo and Luanda seek to upgrade their ties.
It also comes just weeks after Abdelatty joined Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly at the 7th African Union–European Union Summit in Luanda, held under Angola’s current presidency of the African Union.
On 19 November, Abdelatty spoke by phone with his Angolan counterpart, Téte António, to review ways of strengthening cooperation, particularly in infrastructure, energy, telecommunications, trade and investment.
Angolan President João Lourenço visited Egypt in April 2025, a trip that resulted in a joint declaration and a series of agreements covering communications, information technology, housing and infrastructure.
Trade between the two countries has been rising, reaching $34.2m in 2024, up from $21.3m the previous year, according to Egypt’s statistics agency CAPMAS. Egyptian exports accounted for nearly all of the total, while Angolan exports to Egypt increased from $21,000 in 2023 to $73,000 in 2024.
Relations between the two nations date back to Egypt’s support for Angola’s liberation movement in the 1960s. Cairo hosted the MPLA’s first regional office in 1965, and Angola opened its embassy in Egypt in 1976.
In recent discussions, officials have also touched on wider regional issues, including the crises in Sudan and Gaza, water scarcity, climate change and instability in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where Egypt has praised President Lourenço’s mediation efforts.
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