Lucian-Portuguese Relations

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Lucian-Portuguese Relations
Lucian-Portuguese Relations (North Atlantic)
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The Lucian-Portuguese relations describe the interstate relationship between St. Lucia and Portugal . The countries have direct diplomatic relations.

The relationships are seen as unencumbered, but so far not very intensive due to the lack of points of contact.

In 2017, a citizen of St. Lucia was registered in Portugal, in the Lisbon district . During the same period, no Portuguese were registered in St. Lucia.

history

Cruise ships in the port of Castries : the Caribbean island of St. Lucia is primarily known in Portugal as an exclusive destination and stop for Caribbean cruises

St. Lucia was discovered for Spain by Christopher Columbus around 1500 . According to the Treaty of Tordesillas , the island fell into the Spanish sphere, so that no special relations with the Portuguese colonial empire developed. After that, the island first became French, then British.

The colonial rulers brought increasing numbers of slaves to the island for the plantation economy, which was particularly used to cultivate sugar cane . A not insignificant part of these came from Portuguese possessions along the west coast of Africa, until the abolition of slavery in 1834.

St. Lucia gained independence from Great Britain in 1979. Official contacts with Portugal intensified only a little afterwards.

In the 1990s, the two countries entered into direct diplomatic relations. Augusto Martins Gonçalves Pedro , Portugal's ambassador to Colombia, was the first Portuguese ambassador to double-accredit himself on March 3, 1999 in the Lucian capital of Castries . In doing so, he emphasized the willingness of the Portuguese side to intensify political and economic cooperation despite the limitation of geographical distance. He also underlined that Portugal would continue to support St. Lucia and other ACP countries to maintain preferential treatment with the EU , particularly on the issue of banana imports.

diplomacy

Portugal does not have its own embassy in St. Lucia, the country belongs to the administrative district of the Portuguese embassy in the Colombian capital Bogotá . Portuguese consulates do not exist in St. Lucia either.

St. Lucias also does not have its own embassy in Portugal; the Lucian representation in Brussels is responsible . St. Lucia does not have consulates in Portugal either.

economy

Peeled cork bark in southern Portugal: cork products determine the Lucian-Portuguese trade

The Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP does not have a branch in St. Lucia; the AICEP office in the Colombian capital Bogotá is responsible.

In 2017, Portugal exported goods worth 55,000 euros to St. Lucia ( 2016 : 105,000; 2015 : 113,000; 2014 : 30,000; 2013 : 36,000), excluding cork products .

St. Lucia delivered no goods to Portugal during the same period, and no Lucian exports to Portugal are recorded for the previous years.

This made St. Lucia the 197th customer for Portuguese foreign trade, while Portugal was 59th among the suppliers in Lucian foreign trade.

Sports

Sailing boats in a bay of St. Lucia: in sailing, the most regular sporting contacts between St. Lucia and Portugal exist

The national sport in St. Lucia is cricket , which is not very common in Portugal. The selections of both countries have not yet been met (as of February 2019).

Even in Portugal's national sport of football , the Lucian and Portuguese national football teams have not yet played against each other (as of March 2019).

The annual finish of the transatlantic ARC sailing competition is one of the most important international events in St. Lucia . Sailing teams from Portugal are among the most regular participants.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with St. Lucia at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on April 15, 2019
  2. ↑ Official Portuguese Aliens Statistics by District , Portuguese Aliens and Borders Authority SEF, accessed on April 15, 2019
  3. ^ Website on Grenadian-Portuguese migration at the Portuguese Scientific Observatório da Emigração , accessed on April 15, 2019
  4. ↑ Portugal's Ambassador Presents Credentials , message on St. Lucia's government website, accessed April 15, 2019
  5. ↑ Entry on St. Lucia in the portal of the Portuguese congregations abroad , Portuguese Foreign Ministry, accessed on April 15, 2019
  6. ↑ a b c Bilateral economic relations between Portugal and St. Lucia , Excel file retrieval from the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP, accessed on April 15, 2019
  7. ↑ 's list of the Portuguese National Cricket Team , www.cricketarchive.com, accessed on April 15, 2019
  8. ↑ Crews ready for ARC , message dated November 3, 2015 on St. Lucia's government website, accessed April 15, 2019