Evolution of Brazilian-Angolan relations in 2019—2023

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The article examines the changes that occurred in relations between Brazil and Angola in the first quarter of the XXI century. The author analys the events in 2019–2022 that preceded the election of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as President of Brazil in 2022. The events that occurred during the first presidential mandate of Lula da Silva are described, the main trends and successes achieved are identified. An attempt is made to explain the reasons for the cooling of relations between the two states after 2015 and until 2021, when a call was again made for the resumption of interaction.

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Alexandr D. Rybakov

St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Email: A.Phisher@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0005-6259-3045
Bachelor student Bolshaya Morskaya St., 67, lit. A, 190000 St. Petersburg, Russian federation

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