Angolan Foreign Affairs Minister on Thursday denied allegations that he travelled to Barcelona, Spain, where former President José Eduardo dos Santos is hospitalised to switch off the ex-leader’s ‘life support.’
The pronouncements come after Welwicthia dos Santos, the former President’s daughter accused President João Lourenço´s government of wanting to kill her father.
On Tuesday, Welwithcia, in audio published on social media, said her father was alive and stable.
"They [goverment] are trying to convince the family (...) to ask the doctors to turn off the machines. I, as a daughter, will never allow anyone to turn off the machines of a living father, who has a heart that beats normally”.
“That decision is up to the family,” Tete António, the Foreign Affairs minister said.
Speaking to journalists outside the hospital, Mr António also assured the Angolan public that the government is covering all the medical expenses of the 79-year-old former president.
"We have limited ourselves to fulfilling a mission that was given to us by the President of the Republic, which is to come here to find out about the state of health of President José Eduardo dos Santos," Rádio Nacional de Angola quoted Mr António as saying.