“The President of the Republic warmly celebrates the 200th anniversary of diplomatic relations with the sister nation of Brazil. Less than three years after Brazilian independence,” reads a statement published on the official page of the Presidency of the Republic.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa acknowledges that the 200 years of diplomatic relations have been “200 years of fraternity between peoples, states, histories, cultures, social, economic, and political experiences.”
In the statement, the President highlights the “millions of Brazilians and Portuguese who, over these two centuries, in Brazil, in Portugal, and worldwide, have built a community that today stands out in the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) and many other universal institutions.”
According to the head of state, this community ensures that Portugal and Brazil are “essential pillars in the dialogue between continents in building a better, more peaceful, fairer, and more humane world.”
The President also commends the “common commitment to promoting the Portuguese language as a touchstone of a Lusophony that Portugal and Brazil have always defended and affirmed.”
In his message, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa reiterates to the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Luís Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva, the “same firm intention expressed 200 years ago by King John VI to Emperor Pedro I at the beginning of a new historical cycle in diplomatic relations between the two peoples and the two sister nations.”
