A BOLA – Augusto Santos Silva denies problems between Portugal and Qatar (Portugal)
The President of the Assembly of the Republic, Augusto Santos Silva, said this Monday that there is no relationship problem between Portugal and Qatar, reassuring the Portuguese residing in the Asian country.
«My responsibilities today are no longer those of conducting foreign policy, but I can reassure everyone. There is no problem in the relationship between Portugal and Qatar, which have an intense diplomatic relationship. Qatar is one of the states in the Gulf where we have a resident ambassador and it is a strategic region for us », she said, in Doha, where she traveled to attend the Portugal-Uruguay match.
The president of AR also highlighted the worldwide prestige of Portuguese football, considering that the modality gives Portugal more international projection. «Because I am the second figure of the State and the external action of the Portuguese State is characterized by the unity of all the sovereign political bodies, I am part of this good tradition inaugurated by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and by the Prime Minister, António Costa, which is to associate with the main figures of the Portuguese State in the initiatives that, abroad, give more prestige to Portugal and football is one of them», he said.