Namibia and Angola are to hold the inaugural session of the two countries' Bi-National Commission (BNC) later this year.
The session will follow on the twenty-first bilateral meeting of the two countries' interior ministries, which took place in Lubango, Angola, in April this year.
Presidential press secretary Alfredo Hengari in a media statement on Sunday said the BNC was discussed by president Hage Geingob and Angolan president João Lourenco during a visit by Geingob to Angola over the past weekend.
Geingob also attended the thirteenth conference of heads of state of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP) in Luanda.
The CPLP is a multi-regional organisation created in 1996, comprising Angola, Brazil, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe, East Timor and Portugal.
Namibia is one of 19 associate observers, including countries like the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Italy and Senegal, of the organisation. Namibia attained observer status in July 2014.
"Namibia applied for CPLP observer status to further enrich bilateral and multilateral relations by strengthening diplomatic, economic, social and cultural ties with Portuguese-speaking countries," the Presidency's statement reads.
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