Lourenço, Buhari, Sall and co. handpick their envoys to the House of Saud

摘要

The small diplomatic community in Riyad welcomed a newmember a few weeks ago in the person of FredericoManuel dos Santos e Silva Cardoso, Angola's firstambassador to Saudi Arabia. As we revealed(AI, 20/01/21), Angolan president JoãoLourenço decided to open a diplomatic mission in Riyadat the end of last year. In an indication of the importancehe attaches to Angola's links with Saudi Arabia, he gavethe job to his own chief of staff, a man who holds therank of minister of state and is a leading official inthe MPLA, the party which has been in power sinceAngola became independent in 1975.