On Wednesday (01.06.2020/30/XNUMX), Foreign Minister Felipe Solá defined the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) as the most important external political project of the last XNUMX years and pointed out that blocks pass but this block remains.
When intervening in the LVI Ordinary Meeting of the Common Market Council (CMC) of Mercosurr, the Minister of Foreign Affairs pointed out the prestige that this alliance has at a global level and called for unity, stating that "In whatever we have to discuss with the world, let us do so as united as possible.. We will be much stronger and more respected by a world that is tending to close itself off," said Antonio Rivas Palacios, from Paraguay; Ernesto Araújo, from Brazil; and Ernesto Talvi, from Uruguay.
During his speech at the video conference, the foreign minister thanked the Pro-Tempore Presidency of Paraguay for its efforts in coordinating the meetings and forums that report to the Mercosur Forum for Consultation and Political Coordination, despite the extraordinary context of the pandemic.
Regarding COVID-19, which is affecting the region, Solá said: “We feel the pandemic as a tragedy, but it has brought us together.”
"Integrating does not mean everyone thinking the same, but rather seeking agreements"It doesn't mean seeing the world in the same way. We have different ideas and stories. Integration is step by step, project by project with each of our countries, discussing each of the points in order to move forward. Talking in order to move forward. Integration is the will to integrate and go out into the world united," he said.
In another time, He delved into the European Union-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement and other ongoing trade negotiations and said that Argentina "will be at all the negotiation tables". In no way will we obstruct the progress of agreements nor will we be more pessimistic than the most optimistic."
After thanking the bloc's position regarding the Malvinas Islands, a territory in dispute with the United Kingdom, Solá congratulated Uruguay, which now assumes the pro tempore presidency of Mercosur.
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