As Guinea-Bissau risks losing the support of some key aid donors, Angola appears to be one of its strongest bilateral partners in its current efforts to relaunch long-awaited reforms and regain international legitimacy. In December the Bissau-Guinean National Assembly endorsed a US$30m bilateral agreement with Angola in support of security sector reform. The techno-military and security co-operation programme between the two countries was officially launched in early January, during a visit to Bissau by an Angolan delegation headed by the secretary of state for foreign affairs, Manuel Augusto, and including high-ranking officials from the ministries of foreign affairs, defence and home affairs. This was followed by a visit to Angola by a Bissau-Guinean military-judicial delegation in late January. The team, led by the chief justice of the military high court, Eduardo Costa Sanhá, met the Angolan defence minister, Candido Pereira Van-Dúnem, and was briefed on how military courts operate in Angola. The first group of Angolan military and police officers who have been chosen to support Guinea-Bissau's new security sector reform were expected to be deployed by the end of February.