{"id":239229,"date":"2026-05-17T12:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T12:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/239229\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T12:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T12:28:10","slug":"angola-may-sign-memorandum-of-understanding-with-azerbaijan-in-tourism-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/239229\/","title":{"rendered":"Angola may sign memorandum of understanding with Azerbaijan in tourism sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>African countries need more financial resources to eliminate infrastructure shortages amid rapid urbanization, Angola\u2019s Minister of Public Works, Urbanism and Housing Carlos Santos said in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/apa.az\" class=\"hyperlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">APA<\/a>-Economics during the World Urban Forum (WUF13) held in Baku.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said the forum was organized at a very high level and highly appreciated Azerbaijan\u2019s efforts in hosting the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe organization of this forum is excellent. The agenda, discussions, and overall organization are at a very high level. I congratulate Azerbaijan on successfully hosting this important event,\u201d Carlos dos Santos noted.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the urban population in Africa is growing rapidly, but serious infrastructure shortages remain, especially in urban areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have ideas, but we need more action and financial support. Additional financial resources should be allocated to African countries in order to achieve the goals envisaged in the New Urban Agenda,\u201d the minister stressed.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Santos noted that the oil sector plays an important role in the economies of both Azerbaijan and Angola. According to him, this similarity creates additional opportunities for cooperation between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said there is also broad potential for cooperation in tourism, and the parties may sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in these areas in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAzerbaijan and Angola have many similarities. It is possible to develop cooperation in tourism and other sectors in the short, medium, and long term,\u201d Carlos dos Santos added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"African countries need more financial resources to eliminate infrastructure shortages amid rapid urbanization, Angola\u2019s Minister of Public Works,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[1151,11213,121952,1240,21338,4468,11322,121953],"class_list":["post-239229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-angola","tag-angola","tag-azerbaijan","tag-carlos-dos-santos","tag-infrastructure","tag-international-cooperation","tag-tourism","tag-urbanization","tag-wuf13"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/116589920400700184","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}