Uruguay may not accompany the final declaration of the LXII summit of the mercosurwhich takes place in the Argentine city of Puerto Iguazú, although there is still room for negotiation during the meeting of presidents that will begin at noon.
The delegation headed by the President Luis Lacalle Pou analyzes not accompanying the text, as happened at the Asunción meeting last year, reported El País based on sources from the Executive.
The draft of the joint declaration between the members of Mercosur includes concepts that Lacalle Pou and the chancellor periodically refer to Francisco Bustillo as easing and modernizationbut does not advance specifically in either of the two items.
The meeting of heads of state will begin at noon and occurs one day after the strong claim made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs within the framework of the LXII Ordinary Meeting of the Mercosur Common Market Council
Yesterday, Bustillo insisted that “Mercosur has not been able to consolidate within its internal policies that make it possible to substantially increase commercial ties between the partners and, at the same time, has been left out of important commercial negotiations that take place in the international arena”.
“In front of those who have exhibited the common external tariff as the milestone on which they settle the desire to imagine a customs union, we remind them that there are three national tariffs today”, said Bustillo. “In an activity so affected by acronyms, perhaps we should talk about Zocosur, rather than Mercosur, this is a common area of the south,” he stressed.
Last night, when leaving for Argentina, President Lacalle Pou assured that “Mercosur has to change”. “We insist: make Mercosur more flexible and strengthen our ties with other blocs or with other countries. As a block or unilaterally. We have said it since we had to take office, ”he added.
Source: Ambito
