Ibero-American Community editorial to Portugal to expand historical relations
Augusto Santos Silva spoke during the commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the Ibero-American Summits, highlighting the four benefits that Portugal has had by belonging to the community of 22 Ibero-American countries.
The head of Portuguese diplomacy began by highlighting “the expansion of the geography” of Portugal’s cooperation beyond that which it had with Brazil and Spain.
Secondly, belonging to that group of countries common to Portugal would also “give another breadth to the bilateral relations” that it already had, on the one hand with Spain and on the other with Brazil.
Santos Silva then highlighted “the increase in the importance of Portugal’s position in the European Union” which currently “understands” better that the Atlantic “is not just the North Atlantic” and the relationship with the United States of America, with Lisbon also increasing the its role as a mediator between the European space and the Latin American space.
Por, the Portuguese government official recalled that the Ibero-American countries are “a unique world organization based on two languages, Portuguese and Spanish, which have speakers all over the world”, which brought “a projection to both languages greater than “in isolation.
The Portuguese President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, spoke at the end of this commemoration, even before the King of Spain, Felipe VI, who closed the event.
The Ibero-American Community is made up of 22 countries, three in the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal, Spain and Andorra) and 19 in Latin America, where Portuguese (Brazil) or Spanish (the remaining countries) are spoken.
The objectives of the meetings at the highest level in this space are “the promotion of cooperation and development” among Ibero-American countries.
The first summit of the heads of state and government of this community of countries took place in Guadalajara, Mexico, on 18-19 July 1991.