LUANDA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The Angolan government will work with the Spanish government to strengthen cooperation and friendship between the two countries and their peoples, Angola's president said Saturday.
Angolan President Joao Lourenco said this in a congratulatory message to Pedro Sanchez, on his recent appointment as the Spanish prime minister.
Lourenco congratulated Sanchez on being nominated prime minister of Spain, and wished him a lot of success in his new position, according to a document from the president's Civil Office.
Sanchez, leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), has become the Spanish prime minister following Friday's non-confidence vote that ousted incumbent Mariano Rajoy of the conservative Popular Party.
Sanchez won the vote, which took place at the Spanish Congress of Deputies, by 180 votes. In the 350-seat lower house, 169 lawmakers voted against the motion and one abstained.
