Papua-New Guinean-Portuguese Relations

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Papua-New Guinean-Portuguese Relations
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The Papua-neuguineisch-Portuguese relations describe the intergovernmental relationship between Papua New Guinea and Portugal . The countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1976.

Relations between the two countries are considered problem-free, but not very intensive. They are shaped by bilateral trade, which consists mainly of Portuguese imports of canned fish and coffee beans from Papua New Guinea. Also as part of the EU - development cooperation with Papua New Guinea there are points of contact. The two states are also both members of a number of international organizations, including the World Health Organization , the World Trade Organization and various UN bodies .

Neither Portuguese citizens are registered in Papua New Guinea (2005 figures) nor Papua New Guinea citizens in Portugal (2015 figures).

history

Map of Nova Guinea around 1600

The Portuguese Jorge de Meneses is considered the European explorer of New Guinea after exploring the north coast and offshore islands in 1526/1527.

For the Portuguese explorers , the island was then of little interest because it offered no significant trading venues and merchandise. In addition, after the Treaty of Tordesillas , the area fell into the Spanish sphere, so that there was no motivation to set up own trading centers here.

Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia in 1975 and established direct diplomatic relations with Portugal on October 15, 1976. Zózimo Justo da Silva , Portugal's representative in Australia, was the first Portuguese ambassador to Papua New Guinea to be accredited on August 5, 1997 . The federal states did not open their own embassies in the other country (as of March 2017).

diplomacy

Portugal does not have its own embassy in Papua New Guinea, which belongs to the administrative district of the Portuguese ambassador in Canberra , Australia . Also consulates Portugal leads there none.

Papua New Guinea also does not have its own representation in Portugal, but, as in most European countries, is double-accredited there with its ambassador in Brussels . There are also no consulates of Papua New Guinea in Portugal.

economy

Arabica coffee from Papua New Guinea, after canned fish, the country's most important export in trade with Portugal

The Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP does not have a branch in Papua New Guinea; the AICEP office in Sydney, Australia is responsible .

In 2016, Portugal exported goods worth 78,000 euros to Papua New Guinea (2015: 61,000; 2014: 18,000; 2013: 36,000; 2012: 70,000), of which 87.6% textiles and functional fabrics, 7.2% vehicles and vehicle parts and 5.2% plastics.

During the same period, Papua New Guinea delivered goods worth EUR 0.578 million to Portugal (2015: 0.227 million; 2014: 3.808 million; 2013: 2.043 million; 2012: 2.182 million), of which 72.8% was food ( especially canned fish) and 27.2% agricultural products (especially Arabica coffee beans ).

In Papua New Guinea's foreign trade, Portugal ranks 22nd as a buyer and 55th as a supplier, while Papua New Guinea ranks 193th among buyers and 141st among suppliers in Portuguese foreign trade in goods.

Sports

In the Portuguese national sport of football , neither the men's nor the women's national teams of the two countries have met (as of March 2017). Neither was Papua New Guinea in one of the previous Portuguese Algarve Cup women's soccer tournaments, nor Portugal in the 2016 U-20 World Cup for women in Papua New Guinea.

In Papua New Guinea, Australian Football and Rugby League are more popular than soccer. Here, too, the selections of the two countries have not yet met. Portugal was not represented at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup in Papua New Guinea.

Web links

Commons : Papua-New Guinean-Portuguese Relations  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Overview of diplomatic relations with Papua New Guinea at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on May 4, 2019
  2. ↑ Dar aulas em zonas remotas da Papua-Nova Guiné: a história de Mathilda. ( Memento of the original from April 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ("Teaching in Remote Areas of Papua New Guinea - The Story of Mathilda"), article dated February 12, 2015 by EU Development Cooperation in Papua New Guinea, accessed April 7, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / europa.eu
  3. ↑ Website on Papua-New Guinean-Portuguese migration at the Portuguese Scientific Observatório da Emigração , accessed on April 7, 2017
  4. ↑ Number of foreigners in the official foreigner statistics by district , Portuguese Immigration and Border Authority SEF, accessed on April 7, 2017
  5. ↑ Fernando Cristóvão (Ed.): Dicionário Temático da Lusofonia. Texto Editores, Lisbon / Luanda / Praia / Maputo 2006 ( ISBN 972-47-2935-4 ), p. 841
  6. ↑ List of Portuguese missions abroad , Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on April 7, 2017
  7. ↑ a b c Bilateral economic relations between Portugal and Papua New Guinea , Excel file retrieved from the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP, accessed on April 7, 2017
  8. ↑ see list of international matches of Papua-New Guinea national football team of women and list of international matches of the Portuguese national football team of women or list of international matches of the Portuguese national football team # country's balance sheets and list of international matches of Papua-New Guinea national football team # country's balance sheets