Deputy Roy Daza assured that the appointment of Mary Flores Mora as ambassador to Portugal will help strengthen relations. He also stressed that she has experience and extensive knowledge about the European country
The National Assembly elected in December 2020 (AN 2020) approved on Thursday, December 15, the appointment of Mary Flores Mora as the new ambassador of Venezuela to Portugal, replacing the retired general Lucas Rincón Romero, who had held the position since 2006.
Her name was proposed in Plenary after the second vice president of the Permanent Commission on Foreign Policy, Sovereignty and Integration of the AN 2020, Roy Daza, presented a report in which he ensures that Flores is a diplomat “with experience” and knowledge about Portugal.
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Daza believes that both the Executive and the Legislative Branch made a good decision by approving the appointment of Flores as ambassador in Lisbon because, in his opinion, it will help strengthen relations between the two nations.
“(It is about) relations that, for us, are very important, for us they are of great significance because the number of Portuguese or citizens of Portuguese origin who live in our country is very clear, (…) in addition to Venezuelans or of Venezuelan origin who live in Portugal,” said the parliamentarian.
Mary Flores Mora has held the position of Consul General of Venezuela in Lisbon since 2016. Previously, she served as Head of Mission of the Venezuelan Consulate in Montreal, Canada. The blog Aserne Venezuela She assures that she is the cousin of Efraín Campo Flores and Franqui Francisco Flores de Freites, the nephews of First Lady Cilia Flores who were recently released by the United States after exchanging them for various former Citgo executives, Marine John Matthew Heath and another citizen.
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The May 30, 2022, President Nicolás Maduro received the credentials of the new Portuguese ambassador to the country, João Pedro de Vasconcelos Fins do Lago, to replace Carlos de Sousa Amaro, who has been in office since 2017.
“Already accredited in the country, the historic bilateral relations between the two nations are strengthened, which have been characterized by solidarity, friendship, cooperation and joint work in favor of both peoples,” the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said in a statement at the time.
Venezuela and Portugal maintain “cordial and friendly” relations that were strengthened with the arrival of Hugo Chávez to the Presidency of Venezuela in 1999, “allowing the development and execution of projects in sectors such as technology, education, energy, food, infrastructure, health, telecommunications, in addition to the financial and commercial area.
With information from National Assembly / Swiss Info / RTP /
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