2
having gained the "total and strict co-operation" of the People's Republic of China.
The Portuguese ambassador also said according
to "NCNA" that the stability of China is essential for world peace and that "Portugal will continue its foreign policy independent of peace, without alterations provoked by individual and temporary events".
Neto Valerio who has headed the Portuguese
diplomatic mission in Beijing since June 1985, will be replaced within approximately 2 months by Jose Manuel Villasboas, whose previous post was in Pretoria.