Minister for the Presidency Pedro Silva pereira of Portugal

However, Minister of the Presidency Pedro Silva Pereira said that "for the moment, Portugal has not received any formal collaboration request," adding that "the government would evaluate the request based on the terms in which it was formulated.

Lisbon - Portugal "deeply deplores" the cancellation of the 30th Dakar Rally, but "respects" the security concerns which prompted the decision, Minister for the Presidency Pedro Silva Pereira said Friday.

The Australian Federal Government said that Fahey would be elected in Madrid, Spain, on November 17, as no other candidate had emerged in time for the ballot, but Portuguese Cabinet Minister Pedro Silva Pereira said overnight, however, that the EU governments had not yet agreed to back Fahey for the post.

The restrictions on deadlines and this late withdrawal mean that at present the EU has no plans to put forward another candidate, (but) that is not of course to say that we would not support somebody else amongst the interested parties who may come forward, Silva Pereira said during a meeting of EU sports ministers in Lisbon.

Pedro Silva Pereira has a Master of Laws (Juridical-Political Sciences) by the University of Lisbon.

Pedro Silva Pereira has been a lecturer at the Law School of the University of Lisbon, since 1984, and an Assistant Professor at the Universidade Autnoma de Lisboa (Autonomous University of Lisbon), since 1986.

At present, Portugal has an infrastructure that may be even more profitable with a project like this (an Iberian World Cup)," Silva Pereira said during a meeting with representatives from his country.