Africa-Press – Cape verde. The President of the Republic of Cape Verde said he was working to carry out a State visit to the United States during his current term, which ends in 2026, which has not happened since 1989, when the then Head of State Aristides Pereira was received at the White House. by President George HWBush.
José Maria Neves made this statement in an interview on the program “Washington Fora d’Horas”, by Voz da América, in which he spoke about the Presidency in the Diaspora, which he has been carrying out since March 31 and which ends today.
“We are preparing, to see if still within this mandate it will be possible to make a State visit to the United States of America”, revealed Neves when asked when a State visit, considering that the last date is April 21, 1989.
The Head of State recalled that during the management of “President Aristides Pereira there was an active role for Cape Verde in the peace negotiations in Southern Africa, which led to the emancipation of Angola, the independence of Namibia and the democratization of South Africa”.
Neves wants to strengthen relations with the US
The nation’s highest judge added that, although relations are “very good, intense”, at the moment “from a political point of view, from a geostrategic point of view, relations are not so intense, but there are very strong economic relations, there are political concertation in the international arena”.
Neves also recalled that “many visits have been exchanged” and now with the United States “relationships in the field of defense and security will be strengthened”.
Presidency in the Diaspora
The President of the Republic, José Maria Neves, was in the United States of America for his first Presidency in the Diaspora, which had an “intense agenda” of meetings, tributes and decorations. The Diaspora Presidency began on March 31st and ends today, April 5th.
JMN also highlighted that Cape Verdeans and descendants are increasingly engaged in political, business and social life in the United States and that there is a huge field for immigrants to intervene in various ways in the development of Cape Verde, namely at the academic level. .
The President emphasized that the participation of Cape Verdean cadres in development takes place in various ways and increasingly, mainly due to new technologies.
“There is no intention of taking people to Cape Verde, the intention is that everyone, with the new information technologies, can participate globally in development”, be it those who can and want to go or those who can contribute even though they are away, because , reformed José Maria Neves “there are several mechanisms to raise the level of participation of the diaspora” said the President of the Republic.
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