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India, Portugal sign seven agreements
India and Portugal signed seven agreements
on February 14, 2020, to boost cooperation in areas including maritime
transport, port development, audio-visual co-production and industrial
and intellectual property rights. The agreements were signed after detailed high-level talks between
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Portuguese President
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in New Delhi. The Portuguese President arrived in New Delhi on February 13 for a 4-day state visit. This is his first visit to India. The Portuguese President was given a ceremonial welcome at the
Rashtrapati Bhavan on February 14. He also visited Rajghat and paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi. He was accompanied by Secretary of State
for National Defence Jorge Seguro Sanches, Minister of State and Foreign
Affairs Professor Augusto Santos Silva and Secretary of State for
Internationalization Professor Eurico Brilhante Dias India-Portugal Agreements S.no. MoU Indian signatory Portuguese Signatory 1. MoU for Cooperation
for setting up a National Maritime Museum Heritage Complex in Lothal
(Gujarat) between the Portuguese Ministry of Defence and the Indian Ministry of
Shipping. Mansukh Laxmanbhai Mandaviya, MoS for Shipping Jorge Seguro Sanches, Secretary of State for Defence 2. MOU between Economic
and Food Safety Authority (ASAE) and DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce for
co-operation in the field of industrial and intellectual property
rights. K Nandini Singla, Ambassador of India to Portugal Carlos Pereira Marques, Ambassador of Portugal to India 3. MoU on Audio-Visual Co-production between India and Portugal K Nandini Singla, Ambassador of India to Portugal Carlos Pereira Marques, Ambassador of Portugal to India 4. MoU between the Portuguese Diplomatic Institute and Foreign Service Institute for training K Nandini Singla, Ambassador of India to Portugal Carlos Pereira Marques, Ambassador of Portugal to India 5. Co-operation Agreement on Maritime Transport and Port Development between India and Portugal K Nandini Singla, Ambassador of India to Portugal Carlos Pereira Marques, Ambassador of Portugal to India 6. Joint Declaration on India and Portugal Mobility Partnership K Nandini Singla, Ambassador of India to Portugal Carlos Pereira Marques, Ambassador of Portugal to India 7. MOU between Invest India and Start-Up Portugal K Nandini Singla, Ambassador of India to Portugal Carlos Pereira Marques, Ambassador of Portugal to India
Following 7 MoUs were also announced between India and Portugal: S.no MoUs 1- MOU between Institute for Defence
Studies and Analyses (IDSA) and the Institute of Social and Political
Sciences of the University of Lisbon for co-operation in strategic and
security areas 2- MoU between We-Hub Telangana and PARKURBIS Covilha for Exchange of Women Start-up Entrepreneurs 3- MOU between The National Institute for
Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST),
Thiruvananthapuram and Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Portugal, for
collaboration in higher sciences 4- MOU between TERI-DEAKIN Centre,
Gurugram and International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) Braga
for co-operation in Nano-biotechnology 5- MOU between Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. and CEiiA in aeronautics. 6- MOU between VEDA Defence and UA Vision for production of drones 7- MOU between VYASA, Bangalore and
Portuguese Yoga Confederation for collaboration in a Scientific
Validation project on the benefits of Yoga for Portuguese schoolchildren