18 July 2011
Luanda — The Foreign Affairs Minister of Cape Verde, Jorge Borges, arrived on Monday in the country, in order to attend the Council of Ministers of the Portuguese Speaking Countries Community (CPLP).
Speaking to Angop, the Cape Verdian official said that the event is going to be held in a very important for CPLP and member countries, as the organisation celebrated its 15th founding anniversary, marked on Sunday 17 July.
The 16th ordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers with the Portuguese-speaking Countries Community (CPLP) is set to take place on July 18-22, in Luanda under the theme the CPLP role in the United Nations, Angop has learnt.
The gathering is promoted by the Foreign Affairs Ministry and will debate among other issues, the economic relations within the member States of the organisation in the international organisations.
The agenda says that a meeting of the focal points of the CPLP is to take place on July 18-19 and on July 20, is a gathering of the working group, on July 21, a meeting of the permanent concertation committee and on July 22 is marked the 16th session of the Cabinet Council of the organisation.
This last meeting will have the participation of representatives of Equatorial Guinea, Mauritius and Senegal, as observer members.
The Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), is made up by Angola, Portugal, Brazil, São Tomé and Príncipe, East Timor, Cape Verde, Mozambique and Guinea Bissau.
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