Spanish CHOD has held a working meeting with his Angolan counterpart

• Cooperation in marine security has been the focus of the meeting between Admiral General López Calderón and Army General Antonio Egidio De Sousa Santos

The Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral General Teodoro E. López Calderón, has received his Angolan homologue, Army General Antonio Egidio De Sousa Santos, at the Defence Staff HQ during the latter's official visit to Madrid on April 28^th and 29^th. 

On Thursday 28^th, after a brief meeting between the two and the signing of the Book of Honour by General De Sousa, a delegation of Defence Staff commanders and members of the Angolan delegation held a working meeting in which they addressed cooperation in maritime security and the development of new paths for bilateral cooperation.

On Friday 29^th, the delegation also carried out a visit to the Centre for National Defence Studies, where they were given a briefing on the missions and organisation of the Centre and Its structure and on the organisation and courses of the Higher School of the Armed Forces and the Department of Defence Culture and Diplomacy. This was followed by a tour of its premises.