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Angola–Tanzania relations are thebilateral relations betweenAngola andTanzania. The two nations primarily maintain trade ties and established formal diplomatic relations on 25 August 1981. Both countries are members of theSouthern African Development Community,Non-Aligned Movement,Group of 77 and theAfrican Union. Angola has an embassy inDar es Salaam, while Tanzania maintains relations through its embassy inLusaka,Zambia.
As with other Southern African Liberation movements, in the mid-1960s, Tanzania and Zambia played a crucial role in supporting the Angolan independence party, theMPLA's efforts in Angola. The MPLA's improved political and military strategies, which gained international attention, were significantly bolstered by the assistance of these two countries. Both Tanzania and Zambia allowed the MPLA to open offices in their capitals and facilitated the transport of Chinese and Soviet weapons to the Angolan border. This support enabled the MPLA to launch a major offensive in eastern Angola by 1966, making it a more formidable opponent toPortugal's colonial rule than theFNLA.[1]
The growing success of the MPLA during this time was largely due to the aid provided by Tanzania and Zambia. With the MPLA's accession to power, the country's new leaderAgostinho Neto held good relations with Tanzania and Tanzanian PresidentJulius Nyerere.[2]
Angola sent its first ambassador Eusébio Sebastião Júnior, to Tanzania and officially established diplomatic relations with Tanzania on 25 August 1981.[3]
On November 16, 1979, the first Ambassador Eusébio Sebastião Júnior, presented the Credentials to the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere.[3]
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