The International Lusophone Festival has been launched in Goa.
What is Lusophone Commonwealth?
The Lusophone Commonwealth or the Community of Portuguese Language Countries is a multilateral forum
The forum was founded on 17 July 1996 at the 1st CPLP Heads of State & Government Summit in Lisbon.
Members: The founding members were Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and Sao Tome e Principe; while Timor Leste and Equatorial Guinea joined later.
These 9 Lusophone countries comprise approximately 300 million people in 4 different continents (Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe).
India joined CPLP as an associate observer in July 2021.
As part of India’s engagement with CPLP, the Ministry of External Affairs celebrated the World Portuguese Language Day in Delhi on 5 May 2022, soon after joining CPLP.