This Friday the meeting between Marcelo and Trudeau takes place. The objective of the meeting is to “discuss the bilateral agenda in the most varied areas” and analyze international politics, marked by war.
The President of the Republic meets this Friday with the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, in Toronto, on the third day of his official visit to Canadawith a program dedicated to the Portuguese emigrant communities in this country.
According to a note from the Presidency of the Republic, this working meeting between Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Justin Trudeau aims to “discuss the bilateral agenda in the most varied areas, as well as carrying out an in-depth analysis of the international political situation, which continues to be marked by the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.” The meeting will take place in a hotel in Toronto, at 11:30 local time (16:30 in continental Portugal).
On Wednesday night, before representatives of the Portuguese community in Montreal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa highlighted that the Canadian prime minister “is traveling from a meeting he has in Ottawa to go to Toronto” for this meeting. “Because you know the importance of relations between Portugal and Canada, because you know your importance here”said the head of state.
After the meeting with Justin Trudeau, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will open an exhibition to mark the 70th anniversary of the arrival in Canada of the first officially registered Portuguese emigrantsin Metro Hall, and will have a meeting at the University of Toronto with teachers and students about the Portuguese language.
The Portuguese emigration that began in 1953 occurred after the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the two countries, in 1952.
The President of the Republic arrived in Montreal on Wednesday and will be in Canada until Sunday.
His delegation includes the Minister of Foreign Affairs, João Gomes Cravinho, and the deputies João Azevedo e Castro, of the PS, Francisco Pimentel, of the PSD, Diogo Pacheco of Amorim, of Chega, Rodrigo Saraiva, parliamentary leader of the Liberal Initiative, Bruno Dias , of the PCP, and José Soeiro, of the Left Bloc.
Speaking to reporters upon his arrival, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said he hoped his visit would be “a great moment of gratitude to the Portuguese community” in this country, where, according to the 2021 census, around 450 thousand people of Portuguese origin.
From Canada, the President of the Republic will go to the United States of America, to participate in the general debate of the 78th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, in New York, until September 22.
Source: Observadora
