The current and historical relations between the

Argentine Republic Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

and the

Portuguese Republic Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the ...

, have existed for over a century. Both nations are members of the Organization of Ibero-American States and the

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History

In 1512, Portuguese explorer João de Lisboa reached and explored

Río de la Plata The Río de la Plata (, "river of silver"), also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean and fo ...

, and went as far south as the present-day

San Matías Gulf The San Matias Gulf is an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Patagonia, Argentina. It is bordered by the Río Negro Province to the north and west, and the Valdes Peninsula of the Chubut Province to the south. It is "one of the largest ...

in Southern Argentina. Several other Portuguese explorers would sail along the Rio de la Plata and would encounter other parts of present-day Argentina. In July 1816, the Portuguese Government based in Rio de Janeiro,

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

became the first country to recognize the independence of Argentina from

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.Relações Diplomáticas Portugal-Argentina (in Portuguese)
/ref> In August 1852, a Treaty of Friendship, Trade and Navigation was signed between Argentina and Portugal. Soon afterwards, Portuguese migrants arrived and settled in Argentina, however, Argentina never received a large number of Portuguese migrants as most preferred to immigrate to Brazil which is a Portuguese-speaking nation. On 23 October 1910, Argentina recognized the Portuguese Republic, soon after the start of the Portuguese Revolution. In June 1947, the First Lady of Argentina,

Eva Perón María Eva Duarte de Perón (; ; 7 May 1919 – 26 July 1952), better known as just Eva Perón or by the nickname Evita (), was an Argentine politician, activist, actress, and philanthropist who served as First Lady of Argentina from June 19 ...

, paid a visit to Portugal as part of her ''Rainbow Tour''. In July 1997, Portuguese Prime Minister, António Guterres, paid an official visit to Argentina, becoming the first Portuguese head-of-state to do so. In October 1998, Argentine President, Carlos Menem, paid a visit to Portugal to attend the 8th

Ibero-American Summit The Ibero-American Summit, formally the Ibero-American Conference of Heads of State and Governments ( es, Cumbres Iberoamericanas de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno, pt, Cimeiras (or Cúpulas) Ibero-Americanas de Chefes de Estado e de Governo), is ...

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

. There have been several high-level visits between leaders of both nations since the initial visits. In 2019, the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

(which includes Portugal) and

Mercosur The Southern Common Market, commonly known by Spanish abbreviation Mercosur, and Portuguese Mercosul, is a South American trade bloc established by the Treaty of Asunción in 1991 and Protocol of Ouro Preto in 1994. Its full members are Arge ...

(which includes Argentina) finalized a

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. In December 2019, Portuguese Foreign Minister,

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, paid a visit to Argentina to attend the inauguration for President

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High-level visits

High-level visits from Argentina to Portugal * First Lady

(1947) * President Carlos Menem (1998) * President

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (; born 19 February 1953), often referred to by her initials CFK, is an Argentine lawyer and politician who has served as the Vice President of Argentina since 2019. She also served as the President o ...

(2009) * Foreign Minister

Héctor Timerman Héctor Marcos Timerman (16 December 1953 – 30 December 2018) was an Argentine journalist, politician, human rights activist and diplomat. He served as his country's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2015, during the presidency of Cristi ...

(2015) High-level visits from Portugal to Argentina * President

Mário Soares Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares, GColTE, GCC, GColL (; 7 December 1924 – 7 January 2017) was a Portuguese politician, who served as prime minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985, and subsequently as the 17th pres ...

(1995) * Prime Minister António Guterres (1997) * Prime Minister

José Sócrates José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, GCIH (born 6 September 1957), commonly known as José Sócrates (), is a Portuguese politician who was the prime minister of Portugal from 12 March 2005 to 21 June 2011. For the second half of 2007, he ...

(2010) * Prime Minister António Costa (2017) * Foreign Minister

(2019)

Bilateral agreements

Both nations have signed several bilateral agreements such as a Treaty of Friendship, Trade and Navigation; Agreement for Trade, Economic and Technical Cooperation; Agreement on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments; Agreement of Cooperation in the Prevention of Illicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances; Agreement on Tourism Cooperation; Agreement on the Exercise of Remunerated Activities by dependents of members of the diplomatic, consular, administrative and technical staff; Agreement for Scientific and Technological Cooperation; Agreement in Criminal Matters and Mutual Judicial Aid; Memorandum of Understanding between the Portuguese Ministry of National Defense and the Argentine Ministry of Defense; Memorandum of Understanding between the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Business and the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Political Consultations; Memorandum of Understanding between the Portuguese Ministry of Environment, Territorial Planning and Regional Development and the Argentine Secretary of Environment and Development of the Ministry of Health and Environment in the area of Alterations; Agreement on air transportation; Extradition Treaty; Memorandum of Understanding between the Portuguese Ministry of Justice and the Argentine Ministry of Justice; Memorandum of Understanding between the Portuguese Ministry of Education and Science and the Argentine Ministry of Science and Technology in the domain of Scientific and Technological Cooperation; Agreement on Social Security; and an Agreement of Cultural Cooperation. Embajadaportugalbsas

Resident diplomatic missions

* Argentina has an embassy in Lisbon. * Portugal has an embassy in

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.Embassy of Portugal in Buenos Aires
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References

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Bilateral relations of Portugal

History

High-level visits

Bilateral agreements

Resident diplomatic missions

See also

References