China gives Angola US$10mln for agricultural training centre

China has given Angola US$10 million towards the cost of establishing the Agricultural Technologies Demonstration Centre in Luanda, Angop reports.

The Angolan news agency says representatives of China and Angola signed an agreement on the establishment of the centre on Monday.

The report quotes Chinese Ambassador to Angola Cui Aimin as saying the grant will mean closer Sino-Angolan co-operation in agriculture.

Mr Cui said the centre would give Angolans technical training and serve as a place for Sino-Angolan exchanges.

Angolan Secretary of State for Agriculture José Amaro Tati is quoted as saying the centre will contribute to the development of Angolan agriculture.

Work on building the centre, which will occupy 54 hectares of the municipality of Icolo and Bengo in the province of Luanda, will begin in December and take two years, Angop says.