Angola–Spain relations

Formal diplomatic relations between Angola and Spain were established in 1977. Angola has an embassy in Madrid. Spain has an embassy in Luanda.

Diplomatic relations
Spain and Angola established diplomatic relations on 19 October 1977.

Proof of the good understanding between both governments was the resolution of the debt problem. In April 2006 the debt that Angola accumulated with Spain it was 1,191 million dollars, which placed Spain as second creditor of Angola after France. In December 2006, within the framework of the Paris Club, Angola made the principal of the debt effective (US$732 million). This payment was completed with the negotiation of default interest (US$276 million) concluded at the end of 2007.

Angolan President João Lourenço visited Spain in September 2021, meeting with King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. Lourenço and Sánchez signed a joint declaration vowing to deepen the bilateral relations and favour Spanish investment in Angola.

Economic relations
Angola was the third client in Spain in 2014 after South Africa and Nigeria and the second supplier after Nigeria.

Cooperation
The Spanish Cooperation began its activities in Angola in 1983, with the signing of the Basic Agreement of Scientific and Technical Cooperation and has definitively closed the OTC on 30 June 2015. Since then, and for more than 30 years, the governments of Angola and Spain have signed several Agreements to establish the priority sectors for collaboration and intervention. Every three or four years a Commission has been Mixed composed of officials and experts in cooperation of both countries to define the strategic lines of action and monitor and evaluate the execution and the results achieved in the different joint projects. The VI Mixed Commission 2005 – 2008 has been extended, having negotiated since 2009 the terms of a Country Partnership Framework (MAP) for the period 2011 – 2015. Both documents, de facto in force to date, have been fully aligned with the National Development Plans and the III AECID Master Plan 2009 – 2012.