São Tomé – The Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) meet on Sunday (27th) in São Tomé, focusing on "Youth and Sustainability", the theme of the summit this year.
The Heads of State and Government will meet during the organisation's 14th summit.
São Tomé and Príncipe, the organising country, will take over the organisation's chair for two years, replacing Angola.
In the preview, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Portugal, Francisco André, welcomed Brazil's return to the highest level of the CPLP, highlighting the symbolism of Lula da Silva's presence at the summit, in São Tomé.
During the mandates of Jair Bolsonaro and Dilma Rousseff, Brazil was never represented by the President of the Republic.
Francisco André said Brazil's institutional presence had been decreasing and the CPLP was rarely referred to as a diplomatic concern of the country.
On the agenda of the summit will be, among other topics, the analysis of the increase in the quotas of each country in the order of 27 percent.
The initiative aims to provide the organisation, through the Member States, with a reinforcement of their budgetary capacity. JFS/AL/ADR/NIC
