Fijian-Portuguese relations

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The Fijian-Portuguese relations describe the intergovernmental relationship between Fiji and Portugal . The countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1977.

The two countries have few historical or current points of contact and therefore comparatively weak relationships. Bilateral trade is largely focused on Portuguese sugar imports from the Fiji Islands.

The islands are known as a holiday destination by Portuguese tourists , there are direct flight connections from Lisbon Airport to Nadi and Suva .

There were seven Fiji nationals registered in Portugal in 2015; no Portuguese were registered in Fiji in 2005.

A shoe manufacturer in Portugal has named itself after the Fiji Islands.

history

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Fiji, the highest authority for diplomacy in the country

The Portuguese cartographer and navigator Manuel Godinho de Erédia (1563–1623), who was born in Malacca , studied the region intensively. It is possible that he or Cristóvão de Mendonça (1475–1630) also passed the Fij Islands.

After Fiji's full independence in 1970 and the Portuguese Carnation Revolution in 1974, it took a few years before the two countries established direct, official contacts.

Fiji and Portugal first established diplomatic relations on February 21, 1977. Since then, the Portuguese ambassador to Australia's capital Canberra has been accredited in Fiji .

diplomacy

Portugal does not have its own embassy in Fiji, which is part of the administrative district of the Portuguese embassy in Australia .

Fiji does not have a representation in Portugal either, but is double-accredited there via its ambassador in Brussels .

There are also no mutual consulates .

Freight train to Lautoka refinery : Sugar cane is the main export item of Fiji

economy

There is little bilateral trade. The Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP has no representation in Fiji; the AICEP office in the Australian metropolis of Sydney is responsible.

In 2015 Fiji delivered goods worth 14.35 million euros to Portugal (2014: 1,000 euros; 2013: 18.928 million euros; 2012: 1,000 euros; 2011: 73.0 million euros), exclusively sugar from sugar cane .

During the same period, Portugal exported goods worth 17,000 euros to Fiji (2014: 21,000 euros; 2013: 6,000 euros; 2012: 22,000 euros; 2011: 24,000 euros), of which 75.5% textiles, 24.4% machines and equipment and 0.1% ores and minerals.

In 2015, Portugal ranked 14th among buyers and 51st among suppliers in Fijian foreign trade. For Portuguese foreign trade, Fiji was the 184th buyer and the 84th supplier.

Sports

Rugby 7 final at the 2009 World Games : gold for Fiji, silver for Portugal

rugby

In the national sport of Fiji, rugby union , the Fijian national rugby union team and the Portuguese rugby union selection have met once (as of February 2017). At the friendly in Portugal on November 9, 2013, Fiji won 36:13.

In the game of 7-a-side rugby , both teams have met each other several times. Portugal lost to the Fiji Islands in May 2009 in the plate cup final in the London tournament of the World Rugby Sevens Series (WRSS) and again during the WRSS tour in South Africa in 2011. Fiji also retained in the final of the 2009 World Games in the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung against Portugal the upper hand.

Other sports

At the Fiji International Golf Tournament in Natadola, August 2014

In the Portuguese national sport of football , the Portuguese national football team and the selection of the Fijis have not yet played against each other, nor have the Portuguese and Fijian women's national teams (as of January 2017).

At the Fiji International , the most important badminton tournament in the country, the Portuguese Marco Vasconcelos won the tournament in 2007 .

Athletes from both countries also met at international events, in particular as surfers and surf referees in competitions of the World Surf League (WSL), in the context of golf tournaments , or as athletes at the Olympic Games .

Web links

Commons : Fijian-Portuguese Relations  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Overview of diplomatic relations with Fiji at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs , accessed on May 4, 2019
  2. ↑ Entry on the Fiji Islands in the Portuguese travel portal Vildiscount (port.), Accessed on April 1, 2017
  3. ↑ Entry on the Fiji Islands in the Portuguese travel portal João Leitão Viagens , ( Portuguese and English), accessed on April 1, 2017
  4. ↑ Flight offers from Lisbon to Fiji , Portuguese travel portal Logitravel , accessed on April 1, 2017
  5. ↑ Sums of the number of citizens of Fiji in the official immigration statistics by district , Portuguese Immigration and Border Agency SEF, accessed on April 1, 2017
  6. ↑ Overview of Fijian-Portuguese migration , accessed on April 1, 2017
  7. ^ Website of the Portuguese Fidji Shoes from Santa Maria da Feira , accessed on April 1, 2017
  8. ↑ Fernando Cristóvão (Ed.): Dicionário Temático da Lusofonia. Texto Editores, Lisbon / Luanda / Praia / Maputo 2006 ( ISBN 972-47-2935-4 ), p. 842
  9. ↑ Own presentation and information from the Portuguese Embassy in Australia , Embassy website (English and Portuguese ), accessed on April 1, 2017
  10. ↑ List of accreditations on the website of the Fijian Embassy in Brussels , accessed on April 1, 2017
  11. ↑ List of Consulates in Fiji and List of Consulates in the Republic of Fiji from the Fijian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed April 1, 2017
  12. ↑ a b c Bilateral economic relations between Portugal and Fiji , Excel file retrieved from the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP, accessed on April 1, 2017
  13. ↑ see Fijian National Rugby Union Team # international matches
  14. ↑ The complete game from November 9, 2013 , video recording of the Portuguese sports newspaper A Bola on YouTube , accessed on April 1, 2017
  15. ↑ Portugal perde final Plate de Londres frente às Ilhas Fiji ["Portugal loses the plate final in London against the Fiji Islands"], article of May 24, 2009 by the Portuguese public television broadcaster RTP , accessed on April 1, 2017
  16. ↑ Portugal cumpre o objectivo mínimo [“Portugal achieved its minimum target ”], article from December 9, 2011 in the Portuguese newspaper Público , accessed on April 1, 2017
  17. ↑ see list of international matches of the Portuguese national soccer team # international match balance sheets
  18. ↑ see list of the international matches of the Portuguese national soccer team for women # international match statistics or Fijian national soccer team for women # international matches
  19. ↑ JUÍZ PORTUGUÊS GARANTIDO NO CT DE FIJI ["Portuguese referee confirmed for the Championship Tour in Fiji"], article from April 28, 2016 in the Portuguese surfing portal www.surftotal.com, accessed on April 1, 2017