Kremlin envoy brings message from Russian president to Angolan

MOSCOW, July 7 (Itar-Tass) -- Federation Council Committee on
International Relations Chairman and the Kremlin's special representative
for Africa Mikhail Margelov presented a letter from Russian President
Dmitry Medvedev to Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos on Wednesday,
July 6.
"The President of Angola and I discussed a wide range of issues of
bilateral cooperation," Margelov told Itar-Tass by telephone. "We talked
mainly about contracts and arrangements signed under an agreement on
economic cooperation between our countries."
The document was signed during Medvedev's official visit to Angola in
2009.
Russia and Angola have "many areas for cooperation", Margelov said.
"Thee are energy, geology, satellite communications, construction, mining
industry, education."
He stressed that Moscow "favours close coordination between the two
countries in global energy markets".
One of the topics discussed at the meeting with dos Santos was Libya.
"The president of Angola is in agreement with other African leaders" that
"foreign interference in Libya should be minimised, and negotiations
between Tripoli and Benghazi should begin as soon as possible," Margelov
quoted the Angolan leader as saying.