Parliaments of Portugal and Brazil work on strengthening cooperation
ONEugusto Santos Silva was at the Lisbon Book Fair at the end of the afternoon, hours before an official visit to Brazil with the aim of participating in the commemorations of the bicentennial of that country’s independence, which will also be hosted by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Souza.
“The strongest message is this: the two parliaments – the Assembly of the Republic in Portugal, the Congress in Brazil and in particular the Chamber of Deputies – are working together to strengthen their cooperation,” Augusto Santos Silva told Lusa news agency. asked what message will lead to these celebrations.
According to the President of the Assembly of the Republic, “Portugal considers itself a country very close to Brazil”.
“We are part of the CPLP, we have very convergent positions on the international scene, we have very close economic relations and all this can be increased, can be developed”, he defended.
Asked about the political moment that Brazil is going through, Santos Silva said that “bilateral relations occur between states and also occur between peoples and are independent of the internal political circumstances in each state”.
“Relationships are very strong at the level of people are very strong to Brazil and migration that processes in Brazil’s flows and processes”.
Also the relations between the two states, in the analysis of the second figure of the Portuguese state, “are very good, regardless of the executives, the authorities at any time”.
“It is very significant in the history of Portugal and Portugal, as well as in the relations between Portugal and Brazil, that he is expressly invited to participate in the Brazilian independence elections. I received the invitation personally. Republic and also the President of the Assembly of the Republic”, he emphasized.
The head of state, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and the president of the Assembly of the Republic, Augusto Santos Silva, will represent Portugal in the celebrations of the bicentennial of the independence of Brazil this week.
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