Nyusi, Marcelo, Temer and Lourenço among 7 CPLP heads of state confirmed to attend Cape Verde summit

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Nyusi, Marcelo, Temer and Lourenço among 7 CPLP heads of state confirmed to attend Cape Verde summit

2:41 CAT | 23 Mar 2018

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, João Lourenço, Michel Temer and Filipe Nyusi are among the heads of state already confirmed for the CPLP summit, which will take place in July on the island of Sal, Cape Verde.

Seven heads of state, in addition to the host, Cape Verde, have so far confirmed their attendance at the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) summit scheduled for July on Sal Island, Cape Verde, according to that country’s presidency.

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa of Portugal, João Lourenço of Angola, Michel Temer of Brazil, José Mário Vaz of Guinea Bissau, Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea, Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique, and Evaristo Carvalho of São Tomé and Prince, are the heads of state in question.

They are joined by Jorge Carlos Fonseca, head of state of the country hosting the meeting, which marks the start of the Cape Verdean presidency of the Portuguese-speaking community.

The confirmation of the presence of Teodoro Obiang was officially announced by the Presidency of the Republic of Cape Verde after a meeting on Monday in Brasilia between the Vice-President of Equatorial Guinea and president’s son Teodorin Obiang and the Cape Verdean head of state, Jorge Carlos Fonseca.

The Cape Verde presidency confirmed on Tuesday the presence at the Sal summit of the Brazilian head of state, Michel Temer, who also met Jorge Carlos Fonseca in Brasilia on the sidelines of the 8th World Water Forum.

“The Cape Verdean head of state took the opportunity to reiterate the invitation addressed to President Michel Temer to participate in the conference of Heads of State and Government of the CPLP, and President Temer confirmed his participation in the event,” said the presidency.

With the confirmation of Michel Temer, the number of heads of state who have confirmed their presence at the Sal summit rises to seven. Timor-Leste, the ninth CPLP member country, has not yet confirmed its presence at the summit.

The Sal summit, scheduled for July 17 and 18, will be held under the motto “Culture, People, Oceans”, and will number the central political issue of the circulation and mobility of people in the Lusophone space among the topics for discussion.

Source: Lusa