The announcement was made jointly between Uruguayan and Brazilian authorities at an event at the Carrasco International Airport.
He Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRREE), in conjunction with local and national authorities of Brazilannounced this Monday the declaration of Rivera airport binationality.
The statement took place on the closed terrace of the third level of the Carrasco International Airportat 1:30 p.m., together with authorities from America Airports Corporationconcessionaire of that same airport and the Riveraamong others.
The event was attended by the Minister of Defending, javier garciaThe chancellor, Francisco Bustillothe minister of Economy and Finance (MEF), lily arbelechethe Secretary of the Presidency, Alvaro Delgadoand the Minister of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP), Jose Luis Falero. by the side of Brazil The Minister of Ports and Airports did it, Marcio Luiz France and that of Foreign Relations, Mauro Viera.
Already in June, Defense Minister Javier García had commented to the press that Uruguay sign a “memorandum of understanding” with Brazil for progress in the process of binationality of the airport. On that occasion, García highlighted the “potential” that the use of the “shared code” will have between both countries.
During a visit to the Transportation and Public Works Commission of Deputies, the minister anticipated the interest of several Brazilian companies to operate in Rivera. “Brazil it will use it as a domestic airport. This is going to allow frequencies that want to do Porto Alegre – Santana do Livramento use Rivera”.
In this regard, García specified that “if there are people who want to enter Uruguay, does migrations in Uruguay And enter; if not, go ahead Brazil and it is understood as a domestic flight”.
For García, the declaration of joint binationality is possible thanks to the “political will” presented by the president Luis Lacalle Pouand his Brazilian counterpart, Lula Da Silva.
García: the binationality of the Rivera airport is “a historical fact” for Uruguay
“It is a historical fact, long yearned for by the Uruguayby Brazilfor the region and for Rivera“, said the minister on that occasion, who believes that the new status of the airport “will mean development, connectivity, decentralization and empowering such an important region of the Uruguay as is the north”.
“It’s not the only experience in the world. In Europe there are experiences of airports binational, we are going to have our own,” García concluded.
Source: Ambito
