The President of the Republic defended in Newark, in the United States, before the North American Ambassador to Portugal, that Portugal was an “ideal ally” and a safe country in time of war.
“We are an ideal ally because we are a respected and safe ally,” said Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on Friday evening, early this Saturday morning, in Portugal, at the Português Sports Club in Newark, in the North American state of New Jersey. , the last point of your program in the USA.
This meeting with Portuguese emigrants and descendants of the Portuguese was attended by the US Ambassador to Portugal, Randy Charno Levin, who called the Portuguese president “a good old friend of the American people.”
In his speech, the head of state described Portugal as “a country that is an example on the outside, but is peaceful and safe on the inside,” noting that “there can be wars, and it is safe to live in Portugal – this was the case in World War II. There is war after war all over the world.” .
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa also presented Portugal as a country in which “everyone can have his own ideas, his own party,” but everyone is united by the country: “We are united because we have only one party, which is called Portugal.” .
“This is the only party that we have, this is the only reality that unites us: our Motherland, what is our strength, our courage, our determination,” he emphasized.
During this meeting at the Portuguese Sports Club, shortly before returning to Lisbon, the head of state received the key to the city of Newark from the vice-president of that municipality, Ligia de Freitas, a citizen of North America and Cape Verde.
The President of the Republic arrived in the United States on Sunday evening from Canada, where he made a five-day official visit dedicated to the Portuguese communities in that country, spending a total of ten days outside Portugal.
All this week he was mainly in New York, where he participated in the 78th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly.
In addition to speaking at the annual general debate between the heads of state and government of the 193 UN member states, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has spoken at summits on sustainable development and climate change, as well as the UN Security Council open debate on Ukraine.