| On Thursday, March 31, President Pedro Pires signed a presidential decree naming career diplomat Júlio Morais Cape Verdes ambassador to the Peoples Republic of China. It is not yet known who will substitute Morais as the general director of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. |
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| A Cape Verdean delegation will travel ,to Luanda this week to participate in a business meeting between China and the African countries sharing Portuguese as an official language. The Cape Verdean mission is being organized by the Cape Verde Investment Agency (CI) and is intended to develop and strengthen relations between the Asian giant and Africas Portuguese-speaking nations. |
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| A possible future membership in the European Union (EU) for Cape Verde today was a major topic of discussion in Lisbon, Portugal. The idea is promoted by Portuguese ex-President Mário Soares, who is to take the issue to Brussels, and veteran academic Adriano Moreira. Cape Verde, they hold, would become a bridge between Africa and Europe if made an EU member state. |
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| The president of the Cape Verdean Investment Promotion Agency, known by the acronym CI, left today, March 11, for Macau and Hong Kong, where he will establish business contacts on various levels. Paulo Monteiro is also expected to participate in a preparatory meeting for the Forum for Economic and Commercial Cooperation between China and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries slated to occur at the end of the month. |
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| A delegation from the European Commission arrived in Praia yesterday to begin discussions for a new fishing accord with Cape Verde. The current accord, dating from 1991, has brought 680,000 euros per year to Cape Verde',s state treasury in exchange for fishing licenses for European vessels. In addition, Cape Verde has received financing from the European Union for a number of infrastructures and training courses. The head of the Cape Verdean delegation entering into the discussions is Jose Eduardo Barbosa, the general secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities. |
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