RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian government ratified the mobility agreement that promises to facilitate granting visas, residence permits and the circulation of people in the territories part of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP).
The agreement was signed in July last year, during the 13th CPLP Conference of Heads of State and Government, held in Luanda, capital of Angola. On that occasion, Brazil was represented by Vice-President Hamilton Mourão. After the signing, the agreement was approved by the National Congress.
Minister Carlos França was received in Lisbon on Monday afternoon, March 7, by the CPLP executive secretary, Zacarias Albano da Costa, to deposit the agreement’s ratification letter.
“The Agreement will bring Lusophone citizens even closer together and is another step towards consolidating the CPLP as a true community of people,” says a publication by the Itamaraty Palace on social networks.
The CPLP comprises nine countries: Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Principe, and East Timor.