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Immediately after obtaining independence, Angola entered into a civil war. On 26 June 26 1978, the Presidents of Portugal and Angola participated in a joint signing ceremony of an Agreement for General Cooperation between both countries, in Bissau. [1] In 1977, Portugal opened a resident embassy in Luanda.
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Portugal portal This category is for bilateral relations between Angola and Portugal . The main article for this category is Angola–Portugal relations .
Portugal ruled Angola for 400 years, [108] colonizing the territory from 1483 until independence in 1975. Angola's war for independence did not end in a military victory for either side, but was suspended as a result of a coup in Portugal that replaced the Caetano regime. Angola has an embassy in Lisbon and a consulate-general in Porto.
The Bicesse Accords, also known as the Estoril Accords, laid out a transition to multi-party democracy in Angola under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II mission. President José Eduardo dos Santos of the MPLA and Jonas Savimbi of UNITA signed the accord in Lisbon , Portugal on May 31, 1991.
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On 10 November the Portuguese left Angola in accordance with the Alvor Agreement. Cuban-MPLA forces defeated South African-FNLA forces, maintaining control over Luanda. On 11 November, Neto declared the independence of the People's Republic of Angola. [1] The FNLA and the UNITA responded by proclaiming their own government, based in Huambo. [8]