Lourenco said Angola was ready to send 500 troops to the region to accomplish this task. He stressed that what was needed now was to speed up the process, indicating that the Congolese authorities still had to fully prepare for that stage.
He said Rwanda's President Paul Kagame had been helpful in putting Angolan officials in contact with the M23 leadership. As such, he said this showed Kagame was keen to help find a solution rather than fuelling violence, as per the claims of Congolese authorities.
The Angolan president expressed deep concern about the escalating violence in Sudan, urging a ceasefire and an urgent search for a long-lasting solution.
With regards to the war in Ukraine, he distanced himself from Brazilian president Lula da Silva, who has claimed Ukraine's president is as responsible for the war in Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin.