Africa-Press – Cape verde. The Cape Verdean Prime Minister, Ulisses Correia e Silva, said today that he was surprised by the resignation of António Costa, who he considers to have played an important role in improving relations between the two countries.
“Surprise, yes. Yesterday I spoke to him on the phone and reaffirmed what has been a very positive appreciation of our excellent relations, of partnership between Cape Verde and Portugal”, he told Lusa, in Praia, at the entrance to a parliamentary debate.
Ulisses Correia e Silva said that António Costa “played an important role in recent years, as Prime Minister, in raising this level of partnership” between the two countries.
The Cape Verdean head of government chooses as the “high point” of these understandings, the agreement to convert Cape Verde’s bilateral debt to Portugal into climate and environmental financing, an agreement “that has had a very large impact at an international level as a good example”.
“These are aspects to capitalize on in favor of our relations and particularly António Costa’s very personal commitment”, he added.
The Prime Minister of Cape Verde also dismissed any fears about a possible impact of the political crisis on bilateral cooperation. “No, no, we have very resilient relationships,” he replied.
Relations “are independent of political cycles”, added the head of Government.
“We have had other cycles of governance over the years”, but there is “a strong partnership with Portugal and it will continue”, he concluded.
On Tuesday, the Portuguese Prime Minister asked the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, to resign, who accepted it, after the Public Ministry revealed that the head of Government is the target of an independent investigation by the Supreme Court of Justice into lithium and hydrogen projects.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa called the parties to a round of hearings at the Palácio de Belém, in Lisbon, today and will meet with the Council of State on Thursday.
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