CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

Proposal for Resolution No 103 /XII

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PR 486/2014

2014.12.04

The Portuguese Republic and the Republic of Cape Verde, with a view to deepening the

cooperation in the area of defence, specifically through the promotion of new mechanisms

of collaboration, signed an Agreement for cooperation in the field of defence. The Agreement creates

conditions that allow for the narrowing of institutional cooperation in the field of defence,

on the basis of the principle of equality and mutual benefits.

The cooperation provided for in the Agreement covers the integration of military of the Armed Forces of

Green Cape in Portuguese contingents committed to peacekeeping missions, cooperation

in maritime security, humanitarian assistance and the development of partnerships

economic in the area of defence.

The Agreement thus comes to frame the cooperation protocols and memorandums of

understanding already existing in these areas, specifically in the field of maritime security

and in the economic resemblances in the area of defence, and provide for the negotiation of other protocols

specific to cooperation, in particular for the integration of military of the Armed Forces

of Cape Verde in Portuguese contingents committed to peacekeeping missions.

The Agreement further provides for the establishment of a bilateral subcommittee in the field of defence, in the

framework of the institutional architecture created by the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between the

Portuguese Republic and the Republic of Cape Verde.

Thus:

Under the terms of the paragraph d) of Article 197 (1) of the Constitution, the Government presents to the

Assembly of the Republic the following motion for a resolution, with a request for priority and

urgency:

CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

Proposal for Resolution No 103 /XII

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Approve the Agreement on Cooperation between the Portuguese Republic and the Republic of Cape

Green in the Domain of Defence, signed in the City of the Mindelo, on December 2, 2012,

whose text, in the authenticated version in Portuguese language, publishes in annex.

Seen and approved in Council of Ministers of December 4, 2014

The Prime Minister

The Minister of State and Foreign Affairs

The Minister of the Presidency and Parliamentary Affairs