North Korean-Portuguese relations

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The North Korean-Portuguese relations describe the intergovernmental relationship between North Korea and Portugal . The countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1975.

Relationships are very weak. There are no mutual diplomatic missions and no bilateral trade, and the North Korean nuclear weapons program and its missile tests also put a strain on North Korean-Portuguese relations.

In 2015, neither citizens of North Korea were registered in Portugal nor Portuguese citizens in North Korea.

history

It is believed that Portuguese seafarers were the first Europeans to travel to the Korean Peninsula . The Portuguese trader João Mendes went ashore in Tongyeong at the beginning of the 17th century and has since been considered the first Portuguese in Korea.

Under the Treaty of Zaragoza , while the Korean Peninsula was in the sphere assigned to Portugal, the Portuguese colonial empire focused on securing and expanding the Indian trade and the nascent relationship with Japan .

After the founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 1948 and the subsequent Korean War (1950–1953), the Portuguese, anti - communist Estado Novo regime kept its distance from the new state.

A change occurred after the end of the Portuguese dictatorship with the Carnation Revolution in 1974, but without any significant rapprochement.

On April 22, 1975, the two countries established direct diplomatic relations. On June 21, 1976, Mário Viçoso Neves , Portugal's representative in Moscow, was the first Portuguese ambassador to North Korea to be accredited . Portugal did not open its own embassy. North Korea also did not set up its own representation in Portugal.

The Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva joined the international protests against the North Korean nuclear tests in January 2016. He was very concerned about the North Korean threat to international peace and expected a unanimous condemnation from the United Nations . Silva also mentioned Portugal's lack of interests in North Korea, where there are no Portuguese citizens and no bilateral trade, in contrast to South Korea, which is also particularly threatened as North Korea's direct neighbor.

diplomacy

Portugal does not have its own embassy in North Korea, which belongs to the administrative district of the Portuguese embassy in South Korea .

North Korea also does not have a representation in Portugal, but is represented here by its ambassador in the Spanish capital Madrid.

There are also no mutual consulates .

economy

There is currently no countable trade between North Korea and Portugal. For example, the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP shows in its statistics figures for all countries around the world with which Portugal trades without giving figures for North Korea. The AICEP branch in South Korea is responsible for North Korea.

Culture

There is little exchange between North Korean and Portuguese institutions, not even with the Portuguese cultural institute Instituto Camões .

The Portuguese group Madredeus performed in the North Korean capital Pyongyang in 1989 .

Sports

Before the North Korea-Portugal game during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa

The North Korean national soccer team and the Portuguese national team have met twice (as of February 2017), both times in World Cup finals, each with Portuguese victories. The dramatic quarter-finals at the 1966 World Cup in England became known: Both teams were considered surprise teams and popular figures, especially outsiders North Korea, which surprisingly led 3-0 after 25 minutes when Eusébio then scored four goals and prepared another goal, so that Portugal reached the semi-finals 5: 3.

Athletes from North Korea and Portugal mainly meet at international competitions such as World Championships or the Olympic Games .

Web links

Commons : North Korean-Portuguese Relations  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Overview of diplomatic relations with North Korea , diplomatic institute of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on May 4, 2019
  2. ↑ a b Portugal critica teste nuclear "condenável a todos os títulos" ["Portugal criticizes nuclear test as" to be condemned in every way "], article of January 6, 2016 in the Portuguese newspaper Diário de Notícias , accessed on April 7, 2017
  3. ↑ Official aliens statistics by district , Portuguese Aliens and Border Authority SEF, accessed on April 2, 2017
  4. ^ Website on North Korean-Portuguese migration at the Portuguese Scientific Observatório da Emigração , accessed on April 2, 2017
  5. ^ Statements by the former Portuguese ambassador in Seoul on European-Korean relations in the North Korea blog of the Portuguese journalist Rita Colaço, accessed on April 7, 2017
  6. ↑ List of Portuguese missions abroad , Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on April 7, 2017
  7. ↑ List of the consulates of North Korea and the list of consulates of Portugal on www.embaixadas.net, accessed on April 7, 2017
  8. ↑ Overview of the AICEP statistics for all countries with active trade relations with Portugal without mentioning North Korea, website of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP, accessed on April 7, 2017
  9. ↑ Jorge P. Pires: Madredeus - To Futuro Maior. Temas & Debates / Círculo de Leitores , Lisbon 1995 ( ISBN 972-759-008-X ), text and photo No. 6, photo pages between p. 128 and p. 129
  10. ↑ see list of international matches of the Portuguese national soccer team # international match balance sheets
  11. ↑ Roland Gööck (Red.): VIII. World Cup England 1966. , C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh 1966, p. 272ff