Manuel Inocêncio Sousa

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Manuel Inocêncio Sousa (born 1951) is a Cape Verdean politician. Sousa is the Minister of Infrastructure, Transports and Sea in the government under President Pedro Pires. From 2001-2002, Sousa was the foreign minister of Cape Verde.

[edit] China and Cape Verde

In January 2007, Sousa acknowledged the People's Republic of China's importance to Cape Verde stating,

China has been a friend of Cape Verde even before we gained independence from Britain 30 years ago. Bilateral relations have beenvery good: in 2002, for example, the trade value between our twocountries reached U.S.$1.8 million, in Chinese exports of light industryproducts and miscellaneous goods.