Portuguese-Solomonic Relations

Portuguese-Solomonic Relations

Portugal Solomon Islands
Portugal	Solomon Islands

The Portuguese-Solomonic relations describe the intergovernmental relationship between Portugal and the Pacific island state of the Solomon Islands . The countries have direct diplomatic relations.

Relations are considered unencumbered, but very poorly developed, as the countries are very far apart and have little in common historical, political or economic points of contact.

In 2017, neither Portuguese citizens were registered in the Solomon Islands consularly, nor were Solomon Islands citizens registered in Portugal.

Since the agreement between the Solomon Islands and the EU from October 2016, citizens of Portugal and the Solomon Islands can enter the other country without a visa for up to 90 days.

history

The Heritage Park Hotel in the capital Honiara : The Solomon Islands are primarily known in Portugal as an exclusive South Sea travel destination

At the time of Portuguese expansion from the 15th century, the region of today's Solomon Islands was not a destination for Portuguese explorers, as the area fell into the Spanish sphere after the Treaty of Saragossa of 1494 and there was therefore no Portuguese motivation to work here.

After the independence of the Solomon Islands from Great Britain in 1978, no special points of contact with Portugal developed. On 20 November 1997 doppelakkreditierte to zozimo Justo da Silva , Portuguese Ambassador to Australia, as the first representative of Portugal in the Solomon Islands.

diplomacy

Portugal does not have its own embassy in the Solomon Islands; the Portuguese ambassador in the Australian capital Canberra is responsible . There are also no Portuguese consulates in the Solomon Islands.

See also : List of Portuguese Ambassadors in the Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands also do not have their own embassy in Portugal; the one responsible is the embassy in Brussels , the Solomon Islands' only representation in Europe. The country also has no consulates in Portugal.

economy

The Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP does not have its own branch in the Solomon Islands; the AICEP office in Sydney, Australia is responsible.

In 2018 there was no measurable trade between Portugal and the Solomon Islands.

Culture

The music group Narasirato from the Solomon Islands made a guest appearance in 2012 at the FMM Festival the Musicas do Mundo , the most important world music festival in Portugal.

Sports

On November 18, 2009, the Portuguese national beach soccer team defeated the Solomon Islands selection at the Beach Soccer World Cup 2009 6: 1 and thus secured progress, while the Solomon Islands were eliminated afterwards.

The Portuguese national soccer team and the national team of the Solomon Islands have not yet played against each other (as of March 2019).

The women's national football team of Solomon has not yet participated in the Algarve Cup and has not yet met the Portuguese women's national team elsewhere .

Web links

• Overview of the diplomatic relations between Portugal and the Solomon Islands in the diplomatic portal of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Overview of diplomatic relations with the Solomon Islands in the diplomatic portal of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on April 9, 2019 (Portuguese)
2. ↑ Website on Portuguese migration in the Solomon Islands at the Portuguese Scientific Observatório da Emigração , accessed on April 9, 2019 (Portuguese)
3. ↑ Official Portuguese aliens statistics by district , Portuguese Aliens and Borders Authority SEF, accessed on April 9, 2019 (Portuguese)
4. ↑ Solomon Islanders can now Visit Europe VISA Free , notification on the homepage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Solomon Islands, accessed on April 9, 2019 (English)
5. ↑ Fernando Cristóvão (Ed.): Dicionário Temático da Lusofonia. Texto Editores, Lisbon / Luanda / Praia / Maputo 2006 ( ISBN 972-47-2935-4 ), p. 841
6. ↑ Portuguese foreign trade information on all countries in the world , no mention of the Solomon Islands, Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP, accessed on April 9, 2019 (Portuguese)
7. ↑ "Portugal vence Ilhas Salomão e qualifica-se no Mundial de futebol de praia" - Portugal defeats the Solomon Islands and continues to qualify in the World Cup in Beach Soccer , article of November 18, 2009 in the Público newspaper , accessed on April 9, 2019 (Portuguese )