Chinese Ambassador to Angola Gong Tao has said the Chinese and Angolan legislatures will look for new ways to work together, Xinhua reports.

The Chinese government-run news agency quotes Mr Gong as saying after a meeting with a leading Angolan lawmaker, Lukamba Gato, that the visit to Angola in June of Wang Chen, Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, helped strengthen the relationship between the legislatures.

The report says Mr Gato is the vice-speaker of the Third Specialised Committee of the Angolan National Assembly, which deals with foreign affairs, international cooperation and the Angolan communities abroad.

Africa as a whole is on the road to development, possessing natural resources and people with potential, Xinhua quotes Mr Gong as saying.