The mayor of the city of La Quiaca, Dante Velázquez, He held a working meeting with the European Union ambassador to Argentina, Amador Sánchez Ricolooking to open new relationships and possible European investments in the Jujeña Punabased on the strategic advantages offered by the border city.
The meeting took place at the offices of the headquarters of the Delegation of the European Union, in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, as far as the work team led by Mayor Velázquez to meet with Ambassador Sánchez Rico and his advisors, seeking deepen policies that allow adding value to the north Jujeño, as a gateway and graduation of Argentina, especially for the provinces of the Norte Grande.
This important meeting follows the line of work that the Quiaqueño president has been doing, exposing the privileged place in which the city of La Quiaca is located as Strategic point to exploit the commercial exchanges of the bioceanic corridor that seeks to unite the production of southern Brazil with northern Chile and southern Peru, crossing roads from Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina.
In this regard, Velázquez said that “our concrete proposal for the ambassador and of course for the entire European Union, is to be able to work together, create an agreement that gives us an action framework that allows us to help each other.”
“Unfortunately, from the current economic situation, with the decline of the national government regarding the grant of funds for the realization of public works, it led us to think creatively and tend ties with neighboring governments of Bolivia and Chile, and in this case , also with the European Union, since we know the policy carried out by this delegation and the ambassador Sánchez Rico, seeking to promote economic and commercial relations in our country, implementing cooperation programs for this purpose, ”he said.
“Particularly, on this occasion, we present to the ambassador to his team, the development plan of our city, in which we work from before my assumption and that we began to slowly deploy last year, which includes improvements in urban infrastructure, water, water And road that will allow the Quiaqueños to deal with this great opportunity presented by the bioceanic corridor that is already a reality, ”explained the mayor.
Likewise, the head of the Quiaqueño Executive said: “The objective we are looking for is Grow exponentially from the commercial point of view if we managed to exploit our municipal foreign trade agency initially and then with the opening of the provincial retail zone, actions that would lead to an important demographic mobilization for which we must and want to be ready. ”
Finally, Mayor Velázquez stressed that “we cannot be oblivious to geopolitical current, staying cross or complaining, because our people demand and deserve answers, so, from quiaca, inside deep interior, we will continue working so that The northern door of Argentina grows and reaches that great future with which thousands of Quiaqueños dream, ”he concluded.
Finally, the Embassy officials promised to analyze in depth the proposal presented by the municipality of Quiaqueño, especially taking into account the strategies and priorities raised by the EU by 2025 that include a direct work with the provinces, framework that would allow a Relationship between member countries and the city of La Quiaca from the point of view of the development of productive sectors of the Jujeña Puna.
Source: Ambito
