President Petr Pavel received the President of the Portuguese Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, at Prague Castle, and Prime Minister Petr Fiala met with the President of Portugal at Kramář’s Villa.
Watch the video: On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, President Petr Pavel received the President of the Portuguese Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, at Prague Castle. Together, they discussed mutual trade, security, cultural and scientific relations, cooperation in the EU and NATO, and the need to deepen transatlantic ties.
“Portugal is an example of a country where distance does not matter. We are similar in many ways, whether in terms of the size of the territory or the number of inhabitants, but above all in terms of values and approach to solving problems concerning the current situation in the world,” said President Petr Pavel and added: “Together, we agree on the importance and further deepening of transatlantic ties for the security and prosperity of not only Europe but also the United States of America, on strengthening and making the European Union more efficient but also on expanding the space for bilateral cooperation.”
Ceremony of signing of the Memorandum of Understanding and Political Consultations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Portuguese Republic
After the meeting of official delegations, both statesmen visited the National Technical Museum, where, among other things, they viewed the Renault 21, which was donated by the then Portuguese President Mário Soares to the Czech President Václav Havel in 1989.
The joint presidential program will conclude with a tour of the Strahov Monastery.
Prime Minister Petr Fiala met with the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, at Kramář’s Villa on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. The main topics of the meeting were defense-industrial cooperation, the ammunition initiative, EU competitiveness, and other geopolitical issues.
Both statesmen agreed at the outset that both countries have significant potential for further strengthening economic cooperation from research and development to the security and defense sector. In 2023, trade exchange reached more than 1.6 billion euros. Czech companies are very interested in further developing cooperation, especially in the areas of infrastructure or science and research.
“We have excellent economic relations with Portugal, which we want to further develop and strengthen in the future,” said Prime Minister Fiala after the meeting, adding that the Czech Republic and Portugal share many similar views, especially on the most pressing problems facing the EU today, such as the issue of competitiveness on the world market.
