Luanda -- President João Lourenço on Wednesday thanked his US counterpart, Joe Biden, for his seriousness in fulfilling the promise made at the 2022 US/Africa Summit in Washington DC, related to the construction of the Lobito Corridor.

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Angolan President Acknowledges Biden's Seriousness in Implementing Lobito Corridor

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President Biden met his Angolan counterpart President João Lourenço in the capital Luanda on Tuesday, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the former Portuguese colony. Biden used the trip to promote the Lobito Corridor, a U.S.-funded multibillion-dollar rail and port infrastructure project connecting Angola to Central Africa, as multinational corporations seek to access the region’s vast mineral resources. Biden delivered a speech after t…

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