The Hon. Walter Roban, Deputy Premier of Bermuda and Minister of Home Affairs, seeks to strengthen ties with Azores

Excerpt and Photo from royalgazette.com

Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, has pledged to strengthen cultural ties with the Azores after meeting officials from the island last week.

Mr Roban held discussions with Luis Bernardo Costa Gomes de Brito e Abreu, who advises the President of the Azores on maritime issues, at the World Ocean Summit in Lisbon last week.

According to a government statement, the pair discussed their respective plans for a sustainable blue economy and the common vision each country shared for preserving ocean health in their Exclusive Economic Zones.