Luanda, 05/08 – The Speaker of the National Assembly (Angolan Parliament) Roberto de Almeida, met on Monday in Nairobi, Kenya, with his Somalia´s counterpart Sharif Aden, on the sidelines of the 114th Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
During the 20-minute audience, the two interlocutors reviewed the two African countries` political situation with emphasis on the preparation of the electoral process on course in Angola.
In his intervention on Monday, during the generic debate consecrated to the political, social and economic situation in the world, the East African State`s Parliament leader Sharif Hassan Aden Sheik, underlined the solidarity expressed by his country, during the liberation struggle of some African countries, with highlight to Angola.
On the sidelines of the conference, scheduled to end on May 12, Roberto de Almeida is due to hold meetings with his counterparts of Portugal, Cape Verde, Mali, Kenya, Hungary and Cuba.
The National Assembly speaker will address the conference on Tuesday and Wednesday, whose communication will be focused on the reinforcement of democratic process, started in 1992 with the holding of the first general elections in the Southern African country, devastated by a 30-year civil war .
Source: Angola Press, May 8, 2006
