According to the Lusa, the Portuguese prime minister, Luís Montenegro, spoke on Wednesday to the French president, Emmanuel Macron, of his commitment to strengthening the relationship between the two countries, highlighting the European agendas, but also the influence in Africa, that they both share.
"Our predisposition is not only to continue but to strengthen our ties, so I come here, dear President, with the intention of continuing the relationship we have, but to increase it and to tell you that we have in front of us an area of cooperation that can be deeper and that can serve our peoples," said Luís Montenegro, at the Elysée Palace in Paris, where he was received for a working lunch.
In front of the French head of state, the Portuguese prime minister emphasised that "Portugal and France have a very transversal, historic partnership, both from a bilateral point of view" and from the point of view of "commitment to the values and construction of the future of the European Union, as well as from a global point of view in the United Nations" and in geographical areas where they have common interests, "such as Africa".
"Our predisposition is not only to continue but to strengthen our ties, so I come here, dear President, with the intention of continuing the relationship we have, but to increase it and to tell you that we have in front of us an area of cooperation that can be deeper and that can serve our peoples," said Luís Montenegro, at the Elysée Palace in Paris, where he was received for a working lunch.
In front of the French head of state, the Portuguese prime minister emphasised that "Portugal and France have a very transversal, historic partnership, both from a bilateral point of view" and from the point of view of "commitment to the values and construction of the future of the European Union, as well as from a global point of view in the United Nations" and in geographical areas where they have common interests, "such as Africa".
