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The fog prevented the helicopters from landing with Spanish government officials participating with their Portuguese counterparts this Saturday in a summit that will address cooperation between the two countries and economic recovery.
The first helicopter should have landed at the Guarda stadium at 9 in the morning, while the second, which was carrying the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, was scheduled to land at 9:15 in the morning.
The aircraft was still approaching the stadium, but due to the fog they had to change course, ending in Viçosa village, about 20 kilometers from the planned location.
The 31st Spanish-Portuguese summit began more than an hour late, bringing together, on Saturday, almost 30 members of the governments of Portugal and Spain in Guarda to discuss and approve cross-border cooperation and a joint economic recovery strategy.
The program includes sectoral meetings and a meeting between the Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa, and the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, on the central themes of the summit.
The creation of the figure of a cross-border worker and a single movement document to harmonize the passage of minors between Portugal and Spain there are two planned measures.
The Portuguese and Spanish authorities are also working on a “single movement document to harmonize and standardize the passage of minors at the border”, in addition to seeking “improvements in the collection of tolls,” the Minister of Territorial Cohesion told Lusa. Ana Abrunhosa.
In the area of ”improvement of infrastructure and territorial connectivity”, as already announced, the commitment to “closing the network” a set of road connections, such as between Vilar Formoso and Fuentes de Oñoro.
The creation of a motorway exit for the Portuguese people is planned, the requalification of the fleet for goods vehicles and the renovation of the tourist office, among other measures.
In addition to presenting the final document with the approved measures, António Costa and Pedro Sánchez will also be present, at the end of the afternoon, in an event where a study will be presented on “The international projection of Spanish and Portuguese: the potential of proximity linguistics”.
The Prime Minister had already announced, when presenting Portugal’s Recovery and Resilience Plan, that this summit “will approve a cross-border development strategy to be financed within the framework of the 2021/2027 Multiannual Financial Framework”.
The Portuguese Prime Minister and the President of the Government of Spain, both socialists, have had as their main objective the adoption of public policies for the development of cross-border regions, which are among the poorest in Europe.
To counteract the current reality, the Portuguese government has already announced “an investment for the connectivity and modernization of the areas of business location in the interior” with the construction of “cross-border connections from Bragança to the Algarve that break the isolation of many of the interior territories “. compared to Spain “.
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