Lukashenko arrived on mainland of Equatorial Guinea where new capital being built: City of Peace
On the second day of his official visit, President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko has travelled from the island capital city of Malabo to the mainland of Equatorial Guinea, BelTA reports
The presidential plane landed at the airport of the city of Mengomeyen, and President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo met Aleksandr Lukashenko at the ramp. He invited the Belarusian leader to look at the new capital of Equatorial Guinea under construction: Ciudad de la Paz, which name translates as City of Peace from Spanish.
The presidents decided to go to the ready-made facilities of the future capital in one car.
Equatorial Guinea is located in the central part of Africa, on the west coast of the mainland. The country consists of the continental part and islands in the Gulf of Guinea (the total area is about 28 thousand square kilometres, including 26 thousand square kilometres of the mainland). The largest island, Bioko, is home to the capital city of Malabo. Aleksandr Lukashenko arrived there on December 9th, and official talks with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo took place in the evening of the same day.
During the talks, the Belarusian leader noted that this was his first visit to Central Africa and he was impressed by what he saw in this part of the beautiful African continent, "Beautiful forests, mountains, rivers, the Atlantic Ocean rich in fish are truly heavenly treasures."
"As my staff has already told me, it is even more wonderful in the territory where we will go tomorrow. Not so much is needed for it to be a truly heavenly place – though you already live in paradise,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said later, while summing up the results of the negotiations.
A project is currently being implemented in Equatorial Guinea to build a new capital of the country, which is designed to replace Malabo in this status. The city is located in the east of the continental part of the country and was formerly called Oyala; in 2020, it was renamed Ciudad de la Paz. The initiative to move the capital belongs to the President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. It is assumed that the new capital will combine new trends in architecture and traditional cultural elements, promote the identity of the city. It is expected that renewable energy sources will play a large role in the urban economy.
