President Fonseca welcomed by Minister Adam on Seychelles stopover |22 July 2014

He could have stopped over in the Maldives, but Cabo Verde President Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca opted for Seychelles on his way to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.

President Fonseca’s plane touched down at the Seychelles International Airport at 3.35am yesterday and he was greeted on arrival by Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Paul Adam and his principal secretary Maurice Loustau-Lalanne.

While in the VIP lounge, Mr Fonseca briefed Minister Adam on his mission in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste before being chauffeured to the Savoy Resort & Spa at Beau Vallon.

After leaving Cabo Verde, President Fonseca and his delegation stopped over in Luanda, Angola, before flying to Seychelles. He left last night for the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste where he will be attending the 10th conference of the heads of state and government of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) at the Noble Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, in Dili.

The conference will take place tomorrow and President Fonseca will fly back to Seychelles on his way home. He is expected to arrive on Thursday July 24 at 7pm at will leave the following day (Friday July 25) at 11am.

Preceding the 10th conference of the heads of state and government of the CPLP, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste organised the meeting of the cooperation focal points (July 17-18), meeting of the technical preparatory group of the 175th CCP (July 19), 175th meeting of the permanent agreement committee (July 21), 19th meeting of the council of ministers (July 22).

President Fonseca was in Seychelles last month on a state visit and was the guest of honour at the Seychelles National Day celebrations on June 18.