South African Foreign Minister (ME) Naledi Pandor said this Friday in Lisbon that she had asked her Portuguese counterpart to “intercede” with air carrier TAP to “create a direct route to South Africa.”
“One of the requests that I made to my colleague João Gomes Cravinho was to petition the TAP leadership to create a direct route between Portugal and South Africa, increase tourism on both sides and ensure that the tourism sector, which has been hit hard by the pandemic, it will recover,” Pandor said at the end of a meeting with the Portuguese MNE in Lisbon.
The meeting of the two leaders served as a “joint review of bilateral relations, which are very good, and made it possible to identify several areas in which cooperation and joint work can be intensified, such as the economy, renewable energy, agriculture and the oceans,” said Minister Joao Gomes Cravinho .
The South African minister also highlighted the blue economy and energy as priority areas, ensuring that “any person or company proposing energy solutions is welcome”, indirectly referring to the frequent power outages that affect South Africa and hamper economic growth and industrial production.
Asked for more details about the President of the Republic’s visit to her country to celebrate the Day of Portugal, Camões and Portuguese Communities, Naledi Pandor said it would be a “big celebration” but declined to answer. give details. .
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
I am Michael Melvin, an experienced news writer with a passion for uncovering stories and bringing them to the public. I have been working in the news industry for over five years now, and my work has been published on multiple websites. As an author at 24 News Reporters, I cover world section of current events stories that are both informative and captivating to read.