President of Cape Verde will visit Portugal at the end of July. Government lacks budget to pay for travel by the Head of State Observers
The President of Cape Verde, José Maria Neves, elected in October, should make a state visit to Portugal at the end of July, a source from the Presidency of the Portuguese Republic told Lusa.
The information came after a meeting between the Cape Verdean Prime Minister, Ulisses Correia e Silva, and the Portuguese President, Marcelo de Sousa.
Upon leaving the meeting, asked about the fact that the Cape Verdean head of state had not yet carried out a state visit to Portugal, Correia e Silva said he believed that a correct visit would “soon”, but did not provide any data, denying that the lack of visits is due to budget.
The Presidency of the Cape Verdean Republic recently accused the Government of budget cuts representing the displacement of heads of statemention refuted by the executive
José Maria Neves, former prime minister for the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV, currently opposition) from 2001 to 2016, was elected in October in October 2021 President of the Republic and took office the following month, having held in the following weeks several official in the archipelago and abroad.
The Cape Verdean President announced earlier this month his absence from the summit of heads of state and government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which took place on June 4 in Accra, Ghana, citing logistical reasons. and budgetary.