The government of Paraguayan will invest 300 million dollars to build a port in the department of Soriano that allows that country to have access to the sea from Uruguay, in a new nod between the two countries in port matters.
“For many years we insisted that Paraguayan It has in Uruguay the possibility of going out to sea,” said the President Luis Lacalle Pou, by stating that it is a wish of his since his years as a senator, in 2015, with different agreements signed in recent times.
Regarding progress, Lacalle Pou He stated at a press conference that “today there are Paraguayan people who have farms in various areas and who have bought land in Soriano”, while he stressed that there was progress “in various procedures in the Environment and in the Departmental Board.”
Without providing a deadline, the president maintained that “perhaps soon that will be a reality.” Anyway, he made it clear that “Uruguay It has the geopolitical vocation of being the great outlet to the sea in the region”.
In turn, the ambassador of Paraguayan in the country, Juan Manuel Brunetti, He highlighted the impulse of the Uruguayan government and told Telemundo that he wants the neighboring country “to have a port on Uruguayan lands in the short term, which can guarantee the sovereignty of our foreign trade.”
The relations between both countries, with several points in common
Paraguayan It is an important country in Uruguayan foreign trade, being one of the five leading countries, with exports of 144 million dollars, according to the latest report from Uruguay XXI.
Specifically in the maritime aspect, the neighboring country transfers 100% of its cargo, which arrives by barge through the Paraguay-Paraná waterway, while Paraguayan cellulose began to be moved from Friar Bentos.
Added to this is the recent assumption of santiago pena as Paraguayan president, with whom he unites Lacalle Pou the strategy of a mercosur more open.
Source: Ambito
