Portuguese-Vincentian relations

Portuguese-Vincentian relations

Portugal St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Portugal	St. Vincent and the Grenadines

The Portuguese-Vincentian relations describe the interstate relationship between Portugal and St. Vincent and the Grenadines . The countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1995.

The relationships are considered unencumbered, but not very intense due to the lack of points of contact.

In 2017, neither Vincentian citizens were registered in Portugal, nor were Portuguese consular registered in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

history

St. Vincent and the Grenadines was discovered for Spain by Christopher Columbus in 1498 . 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, she became alternately French and British.

The colonial rulers brought increasing numbers of slaves to the island for the plantation economy on the islands, where sugar cane was grown in particular . A substantial part of these slaves came from Portuguese possessions along the west coast of Africa until slavery was abolished on the islands in 1838.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines gained independence from Great Britain in 1979. After that, no closer relations with Portugal developed.

On April 12, 1995, the two countries entered into direct diplomatic relations. Júlio Sales Mascarenhas , Portugal's ambassador to Venezuela, was the first Portuguese ambassador to double-accredit himself on March 22, 1997 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

The relationships did not experience any significant intensification. To this day, both countries meet mainly in UN bodies .

diplomacy

Portugal does not have its own embassy in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the country belongs to the administrative district of the Portuguese embassy in the Venezuelan capital Caracas . A Portuguese honorary consulate has been set up in the Vincentian capital Kingstown .

See also : List of Portuguese Ambassadors in St. Vincent and the Grenadines

St. Vincent and the Grenadines also does not have its own embassy in Portugal; the Vincentian representation in London is responsible . St. Vincent and the Grenadines does not have consulates in Portugal.

economy

The Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP does not have a branch in St. Vincent and the Grenadines; the AICEP office in the Venezuelan capital Caracas is responsible.

In 2016, Portugal exported goods worth 48,000 euros to St. Vincent and the Grenadines ( 2015 : 22,000; 2014 : 94,000; 2013 : 28,000; 2012 : 34,000), of which 70.4% were machines and equipment (mainly refrigerators), 22.2% optical and precision devices, 5.3% wood and cork, and 2.0% plastics.

During the same period, St. Vincent and the Grenadines did not deliver any goods to Portugal, and no Vincentian exports to Portugal are recorded for the previous years.

This made St. Vincent and the Grenadines the 195th largest buyer of Portuguese foreign trade.

Web links

• Overview of the diplomatic relations between Portugal and St. Vincent and the Grenadines at the Diplomatic Institute of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with St. Vincent and the Grenadines at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on April 13, 2019
2. ↑ Official Portuguese Aliens Statistics by District , Portuguese Aliens and Borders Authority SEF, accessed on April 13, 2019
3. ↑ Website on Vincentian-Portuguese migration at the Portuguese Scientific Observatório da Emigração , accessed on April 13, 2019
4. ^ Entry on St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the portal of the Portuguese congregations abroad , Portuguese Foreign Ministry, accessed on April 13, 2019
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Bilateral economic relations between Portugal and St. Vincent and the Grenadines , Excel file retrieval from the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP, accessed on April 13, 2019