Cardoso to meet with Angolan president

28/02/2002 - 18h41

Brasilia, 1 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - President Fernando Henrique Cardoso will have lunch today with the president of Angola, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, at the Itamaraty chancellery in Brasilia. After this, the Angolan president travels to Rio de Janeiro, from where he will return to Luanda on Saturday. The visit of the African president to Brazil occurs 9 days after the assassination of the leader of the guerrilla group, National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), Jonas Savimbi, who fought against the Angolan government for more than 30 years. (MW)