Gabonese-Portuguese relations

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The Gabonese-Portuguese relations describe the intergovernmental relationship between Gabon and Portugal . The countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1975.

At the end of the 15th century, the Portuguese sailors were the first Europeans to reach what is now Gabon, whose country name comes from them.

In 2015, 17 citizens of Gabon were registered in Portugal, while 43 Portuguese were registered as consular in Gabon in 2014.

history

Map of the Portuguese-Spanish Agreement 1777

The Portuguese navigator Lopes Gonçalves was the first European to reach the coast of what is now Gabon in the Gulf of Guinea in 1472 . The Portuguese explorers named the coastal strip from then on Gabão , after the name for a cape, the shape of which reminded them of the delta of the Komo River there .

Portuguese businessmen traded here from the 16th to the 18th century, mainly slaves , ivory and ebony and also came inland. However, Portugal took possession of no land here and did not establish any bases of its own.

After the Treaty of Ildefonso (1777) and the Treaty of Pardo (1778), Portugal ceded some claims in the region, including Gabon, to Spain. During the 19th century the region came under French control.

The area remained a French colony until the independence of Gabon in 1960.

Friendly relations between Gabon and Portugal did not develop until after the end of the colonial Estado Novo regime through the left-wing Carnation Revolution in Portugal in 1974. The new Portuguese government then ended the Portuguese colonial wars, released its previous colonies in 1975 and reorganized its international relations out.

On January 30, 1975, the now democratic Portugal established diplomatic relations with Gabon. The two countries did not establish mutual embassies afterwards. Eugénio Anacoreta Correia , Portugal's ambassador based in São Tomé and Príncipe, was the first Portuguese ambassador to Gabon to be accredited on June 14, 1989 .

Portugal's embassy in São Tomé and Príncipe is also responsible for Gabon

diplomacy

Portugal does not have its own embassy in Gabon, the country belongs to the administrative district of the Portuguese embassy in São Tomé and Príncipe. Also consulates has not set up Portugal in Gabon.

Gabon also does not have its own embassy in Portugal; the closest Gabonese representation is in the Spanish capital, Madrid . There are also no Gabonese consulates in Portugal.

economy

Refinery of the Gabonese SOGARA near Port-Gentil : Fuels are Gabon's main export to Portugal

The Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP does not have a branch in Gabon; the AICEP office in the São Tomé capital of São Tomé is responsible .

In 2016, Portugal exported goods worth 7.854 million euros to Gabon ( 2015 : 6.941 million; 2014 : 13.338 million; 2013 : 12.914 million; 2012 : 6.824 million), of which 27.0% were metal goods, 18, 2% machinery and equipment, 15.2% fuel, 10.3% agricultural products and 5.9% vehicles and vehicle parts.

During the same period, Gabon delivered goods worth 40.678 million euros to Portugal ( 2015 : 41.674 million; 2014 : 2.036 million; 2013 : 2.535 million; 2012 : 1.840 million), 91.3% of which was fuel, 8, 4% wood and 0.3% metal goods.

This put Gabon in 107th place as a buyer and 65th as a supplier for Portuguese foreign trade, while Portugal was in 16th place as a buyer and in 36th place as a buyer for Gabonese foreign trade.

Sports

The Gabonese national soccer team and the Portuguese national team have only met once (as of April 2017). In the friendly game on November 14, 2012 in the Stade d'Angondjé in the Gabonese capital Libreville , they separated 2-2.

Occasionally, soccer players from Gabon also play for Portuguese clubs, such as Merlin Tandjigora , who played for Leixões SC in 2015/16 . Henri Antchouet has played for several Portuguese teams.

Web links

Commons : Gabonese-Portuguese Relations  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Overview of diplomatic relations with Gabon at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs , accessed on May 4, 2019
  2. ↑ Official Portuguese aliens statistics by district , Portuguese Aliens and Borders Authority SEF, accessed on May 27, 2017
  3. ↑ Website on Gabonese-Portuguese migration (Table A.3) at the Portuguese Scientific Observatório da Emigração , accessed on May 28, 2017
  4. ↑ List of Portuguese missions abroad , website of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on May 28, 2017
  5. ↑ List of all Gabonese consulates on www.embaixadas.net, accessed on May 28, 2017
  6. ↑ a b c Bilateral economic relations between Portugal and Gabon , Excel retrieval from the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP, accessed on May 28, 2017
  7. ↑ see list of international matches of the Portuguese national soccer team # international match balance sheets