Lubango – The chief of staff of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA), general Francisco Pereira Furtado, said this Tuesday in Lubango, capital city of south Huíla province, that 2010 is a year of enormous challenges for the Angolan Armed Forces, since it will host a series of activities of crucial importance for its affirmation in Africa and in the world.

The general officer, who was speaking at the opening of the meeting of senior officers of FAA at the Aerial Regiment of Fighter Planes, of the Southern Aerial Zone, informed that this year Angola will host the Kwanza-2010 Exercise, of certifying the readiness of standby forces of the central region of Africa, in the military, police and civil components.

Francisco Furtado recalled that the armed forces are responsible for organising this military event, with its Inter-State Committee for Defence and Security to meet soon in the Angolan capital, Luanda, to prepare the final operational plans and guidelines, which will comply with the above exercise.

The chief of staff said that the FAA will also host, next September, military chiefs of the Portuguese Speaking Countries Community (CPLP), when they will meet in Angola for the holding of the 2010-Feline Exercise.

"All these events come to test our capacities, both military as organisational, thereby I call upon all members of the FAA to give their best for the success of these events", he stressed.

Senior officers and staff of the armed forces are attending the meeting that will discuss, until next Friday, various issues relating to the process of re-organising the FAA, which started three years ago.