Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva has said that he would like Portugal’s EU Presidency to be remembered as the “one that rebalanced the relationship with Asia”.
The Portuguese presidency “at least tried to expand the European perspective, not only focusing on the classic Atlantic partners but also on more strategic areas”, said Santos Silva in the closing session of the 5th Conference “Europe as a global actor”.
This explains why one of the priorities of the Portuguese presidency – which runs until 30 June – has been “to redirect Europe’s attention to another part of the world”, he said at the event organised by the International Studies Centre of ISCTE and the Observatory of Foreign Relations of the Autonomous University of Lisbon.
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Brussels, May 10 (EFE).- The European Union and Kazakhstan on Monday underscored the progress made in their bilateral relations since the entry into force of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (EPCA) on 1 March 2020.
“In the framework of this agreement, bilateral cooperation between Kazakhstan and the European Union has progressed steadily,” said Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the EU.
Santos Silva spoke at a press conference following the 18th meeting of the EU-Kazakhstan Cooperation Council in Brussels on Monday.
The EPCA allows for cooperation in areas such as trade and customs, the environment and the fight against climate change, energy, the rule of law and the judiciary.
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Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva said on Tuesday he expected Portugal’s Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) to be up and running in the second half of the year.
The Portuguese EU Council presidency intends to reduce the deadlines for analysis and approval of these plans, both by the European Commission and the Council, to complete the process in July.
Once all the national plans have been submitted, a milestone which has been given the deadline of 30 April, the Commission has two months to approve them. After that it will be up to the 27 ministers of economy and finance to analyse all the documentation within a month, which would drag the release of funds to support Europe’s economic recovery out until at least August.