Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie held a meeting with his Uruguayan counterpart, Rodolfo Nin Novoa, in the city of Montevideo, where they discussed various issues on the bilateral agenda, including questions relating to the Río de la Plata and the Uruguay River, Mercosur and the claim to the Malvinas.
At the end of the meeting, this Thursday (08.09.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX), at the Santos Palace, the The foreign ministers highlighted the positive relationship between the two countries, "which has been strengthened and diversified in recent years as a result of reciprocal cooperation." between Uruguay and Argentina in numerous areas," the official information states.
In particular, it was indicated that both officials reviewed the work of the binational commissions of the River Plate and the Uruguay River.
Regarding the Río de la Plata, they reiterated their satisfaction with the completion of the dredging works to deepen the Martín García channel., which allowed the operation of the port of Nueva Palmira to be optimized. They also agreed on the importance of Argentina being able to carry out the dredging of the channels of the Paraná-Bravo, Paraná-Guazú and Talavera Canal rivers.
They also received a report on the work to demarcate the boundary between the islands of Timoteo Domínguez and Martín García, and agreed to continue working to advance the demarcation of the lateral limit of the continental shelf.
Regarding the Uruguay River, they expressed their satisfaction with the completion of the dredging, deepening, opening and beaconing works., which will increase the export capacity of regional economies.
They also received the corresponding report on the Progress achieved by the Uruguay River Administrative Commission (CARU) in relation to the binational environmental laboratory project, and instructed the delegations to proceed with the drafting of the specifications and the subsequent tendering of the work.
They also exchanged information on the monitoring process of the Uruguay River to assess the quality of water, biota and sediments, and decided to begin monitoring as soon as possible at the points defined by Uruguay and Argentina.
In another order, they analyzed the proposal presented by Argentina for the emergency and urgent medical care for non-residents, and to facilitate the movement of ambulances at border crossings.
In the commercial area, they agreed on the importance of continue to strengthen the areas of negotiation both at the bilateral and Mercosur levels, with the aim of increasing the exchange of goods and services, removing existing barriers and encouraging the execution of new commercial and investment projects.
In this regard, they decided to convene the Fifth Meeting of the Argentina-Uruguay Bilateral Trade Affairs Commission in Montevideo, next October.
Faurie thanked Nin Novoa for his country's support for Argentina's claim of sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands. In the same vein, they highlighted the excellent level of cooperation in the multilateral arena, where the Argentine official highlighted the support given by Uruguay to the candidacy of the Argentine ambassador Rafael Mariano Grossi for the post of director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Finally, they referred to the «Framework Agreement for the Disposition of Confiscated Assets» signed between both countries and agreed on the importance of streamlining the mechanisms for its prompt entry into force.
Source: Telam
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