President of Dominica Her Excellency Sylvanie Burton has called on Portugal’s new Ambassador to Dominica to ensure that the two countries collaborate in areas such as tourism, trade, health, education, agriculture, renewable energy and climate change resilience.
Her call came as Her Excellency Catarina De Mendoza Oliveira Rodriquez, Portugal’s new Ambassador to Dominica presented her credentials to the Dominica President on Wednesday.
Her Excellency Burton said the determination of Small Island Developing States to secure a sustainable and resilient future through the achievement of the Sustainable Development goals is seriously overshadowed by the major global challenges confronting the region on a daily basis.
She says Dominica remains resolved in its commitment to working with Portugal and the rest of the global community to offer solutions to the various challenges, with a view to realizing a sustainable, transformative, safer and fairer future for all.
The Dominica President noted that Small Island Developing States are concerned over threats to global security, climate change, loss of biodiversity, wars and conflicts, poverty, inequality and the growing challenge of chronic non communicable diseases.
She said Dominica’s cooperation with Portugal in the international arena can be counted upon.
