7th CPLP Summit
| VII Conference of Heads of State & Government of the CPLP 7th CPLP Summit | |
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| File:VII Cimeira da CPLP.png The 7th CPLP Summit; Lisbon, 2008. | |
| Host country | File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal |
| Dates | 24–25 July 2008 |
| Cities | Lisbon |
| Follows | 6th CPLP Summit |
| Precedes | 8th CPLP Summit |
| Website | VII Conferência de Chefes de Estado e de Governo |
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The VII Conference of Heads of State and Government of the CPLP (Portuguese: Conferência de Chefes de Estado e de Governo da CPLP), commonly known as the 7th CPLP Summit (VII Cimeira da CPLP) was the 7th biennial meeting of heads of state and heads of government of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 24–25 July 2008.[1][2]
Outcome
[edit | edit source]At this Summit, Senegal become the third associate member of CPLP. Senegal has a strong community of people that came from Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. Senegal also includes the Casamance territory that was Portuguese until the 19th century, when it was ceded to France. Even today, the people of Casamance are more linked with Guinea-Bissau than with Senegal itself and some of the citizens of the territory even want an independent Portuguese-speaking Casamance country.
Participants
[edit | edit source]Members
[edit | edit source]- File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal
- File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola
- File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
- File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde
- File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau
- File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
- File:Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe
- File:Flag of East Timor.svg Timor-Leste
Associate observers
[edit | edit source]- File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea
- File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius
- Representative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jacques Balyon
- File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
Organizations
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Portugal's Ministry for Sciences, Technology, and higher Education: COMMUNITY OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKING COUNTRIES (CPLP) http://www.dges.mctes.pt/DGES/en/Mobility+and+International+Cooperation/International+Cooperation/Development+Cooperation/CPLP.htm Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Summary of VII Summit (Portuguese) http://www.cplp.org/Default.aspx?ID=163
