Africa-Press – Cape verde. Cape Verde proposed today to Brazil “to carry out a feasibility study” to transform the archipelago into a “Brazilian trade platform in West Africa and the mid-Atlantic”, said this Monday the head of Cape Verdean diplomacy, Filomeno Monteiro.
The strategy would allow “the export of Brazilian products to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and other African markets”, in line with “the strategic vision of Cape Verde as a maritime platform for the region”, he added, after receiving the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, in the city of Praia.
The Brazilian leader began a tour of Africa in Cape Verde that will take him to Benin (Tuesday), Nigeria (Wednesday), Senegal (Thursday) and Ivory Coast (Friday), with the aim of “strengthening bilateral relations”.
Cape Verde’s ambition to position itself as a business hub fits in with Brazil’s interest in an export platform, Filomeno Monteiro pointed out: “Businesspeople from both countries are hereby notified to take action to make this aspiration a reality”.
“We are pleased to note the growing interest of Brazilian businesspeople in Cape Verde”, he added, acknowledging that air and sea links must be established between the two countries for the plans to come to fruition.
The meeting between the two ministers and their respective delegations saw the preparation of the Integrated Cooperation Plan 2025-2027, which Mauro Vieira said was being worked on “for a short-term conclusion”.
The document should provide a more structured format for relations between the two countries in the different areas of cooperation, based on the priorities established by the archipelago.
“Brazil and Cape Verde also agree on the need for a reform of global governance, especially in the United Nations Security Council and other bodies,” such as multilateral development banks and UN agencies, said Mauro Vieira.
“We agree that only a comprehensive and ambitious reform, with expansion of both categories of members in the Security Council, can resolve the lack of representation in this body,” he added.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs invited Cape Verde to several events, such as the 2nd Brazil-Africa meeting of Agriculture Ministers, to be held in May in Brasília, and the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), to be held in Belém.
“We are convinced that multilateralism is the only way and the only solution to address climate issues and we will continue working to strengthen international cooperation and global climate governance,” said Mauro Vieira.
“We are counting on Cape Verde’s contribution,” he noted.
Cape Verde is also expected to participate, in 2026, in the ministerial meeting that marks the 40th anniversary of the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone (ZOPACAS), an international organization created in 1986 to promote cooperation and peace in the South Atlantic region.
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