On Wednesday, Lavrov and his Angolan counterpart, Téte António, will chair a meeting between the two delegations at the MIREX headquarters in downtown Luanda.

According to Lavrov’s agenda, President João Lourenço will meet with the head of Russian diplomacy, who will also visit the Dr. António Agostinho Neto Memorial, where the remains of the former statesman, considered the founding father of this African nation, are buried.

The Russian foreign minister will also lay a wreath at the tomb of former President José Eduardo dos Santos in Luanda’s Republic Square and will visit the National Museum of Military History.

Lavrov is expected to leave Angola on early Thursday, the MIREX stated.

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