Newly accredited Portuguese ambassador pays courtesy call on Foreign Affairs PS   |23 February 2022

Ambassador Moura (3rd left, front row) in a souvenir photograph with PS Fock Tave and her team from the department of Foreign Affairs

Newly accredited ambassador of Portugal, António Costa Moura, paid a courtesy call on the principal secretary for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Vivianne Fock Tave, on Monday this week.

Ambassador Fock Tave acknowledged the good bilateral and multilateral relations

that Seychelles and Portugal have shared throughout the years.

She also seized the opportunity to express the government’s gratitude for Portugal’s support in the fight against piracy in the Indian Ocean through the Operation Atalanta.

On his part, Ambassador Moura, who was previously posted in Helsinki, Finland proceeded to brief Ambassador Fock Tave of his diplomatic career occupying various key roles in Africa, Europe, and America.

“The minister gave me this opportunity and I am so glad to serve the country in this very important post,” expressed Ambassador Moura.

He also briefed PS Fock Tave on the engagement of the Portuguese government in combatting the terrorism threats in Cabo Delgado, in the North of Mozambique. Both agreed that the situation in Mozambique affects the whole region.

As a member of SADC, Ambassador Fock Tave noted that Seychelles is concerned about the recent developments in Mozambique.

Both diplomats agreed that Seychelles and Portugal may explore mutually beneficial areas of cooperation in various sectors such as the Blue Economy, Green energy, sustainable tourism, capacity building, and drug management among others.

Also present at the meeting were director general for Bilateral Affairs, Lindy Ernesta, director general for Regional Affairs, Steve Lalande, and senior officials of the Foreign Affairs department.

Press release from the Foreign Affairs department