Luanda — The minister of National Defence and Veterans of the Homeland, João Ernesto dos Santos, urged the new commander of the Angolan Army to find necessary solutions to continue to have a strong, cohesive, disciplined land forces.

Speaking at the presentation ceremony of the new Army commander, General Jaque Raul, the minister said he hoped that the new leadership in the army command could promote a new dynamic and ideas that would allow general officers, senior and junior officers to be aware of the responsibility that they have in the field of defence of the national territory, democratic institutions and sovereign bodies.

He stressed that the presentation ceremony takes place at a time when the National Defence sector is merging with the Ministrys of Former Combatants and Veterans of the Homeland, and also the continuation of the restructuring process of the structures of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA).

He explained that the new army commander, General Jaque Raúl, "is not an unknown official, as he is an experienced military cadre, with high technical, operative, knowhow qualifications and well aware of the issues inside the army, as well as other areas of the FAA (... )".

The presentation ceremony took place after the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, swore in the new army commander, General Jaque Raul.