Several Heads of State reacted to the death of the former Angolan president. They say that Africa has lost a great leader. The President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, says that a Pan-Africanist leader was lost with the death of José Eduardo dos Santos. -Verdian, José Maria Neves. The statesman says that “Cape Verde has lost a great friend and an African leader who has always contributed to the economic and spiritual growth of these islands, so we will also be mourning the death of President José Eduardo dos Santos”. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, expressed his condolences, via the official website of the Portuguese Presidency.”President José Eduardo dos Santos was the interlocutor of all Portuguese Presidents in democracy, for four decades, constituting a decisive protagonist in the relations between the States and the Angolan and Portuguese peoples. Portugal bears witness to the respect due to this long memory, in a crucial period for the birth and start of the CPLP and the enhancement of our bilateral relations after decolonization”. former presidents. This is the case of Pedro Pires, former President of Cape Verde. Pires says that Dos Santos was a “central figure” in the “great change” in southern Africa. Source:O País
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