Given the health situation affecting the countries of the region, the President of the Nation Alberto Fernández instructed Foreign Minister Felipe Solá to communicate to his Mercosur peers that The meeting to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the bloc, scheduled for March 26 in Buenos Aires, will take place virtually.
"The Argentine Republic, which is exercising the pro tempore Presidency of Mercosur, adopts this decision in order to protect the health of the participants, while working so that the meeting of Presidents and Foreign Ministers can take place in correct conditions, promoting dialogue and the exchange of ideas between nations," the Foreign Ministry reported through a statement. release.
On Decree 168/2021 Published on Saturday (13.03.2021) in the Official Gazette, which extends the Preventive and Mandatory Social Distancing (Dispo) until April 9, the Government points out that "many countries in the region (Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay) show an increase in cases in recent weeks."
From the portfolio in charge of Felipe Solá they stressed that "theThe commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Mercosur will have a clear symbolic and political value "by showing a vocation for regional integration, and turning the bloc into a common platform for the competitive international projection of our countries."
Let us remember that Mercosur was formally created on March 26, 1991, with the signing of the Treaty of Asunción by the presidents of its four founding countries: Carlos Saúl Menem for Argentina, Fernando Collor de Melo for Brazil, Andrés Rodríguez for Paraguay and Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera for Uruguay.
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