The president of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Poutraveled this Sunday to the American city of New York to participate in the general Assembly of the United Nations, the principal organ of the United Nations Organization (UN) which brings together world leaders and where he will later meet with the American president, Joe Biden.
The meeting of the general Assembly It will last between September 19 and 23 and has as its motto: “Rebuild trust and reactivate global solidarity.” He main objective of the assembly is the sharing of the diary this year and share your goals sustainable development. Lacalle Pou will give his speech on Tuesday.
On the other hand, the president will participate in a meeting with the president of the USA in which other world leaders will participate. Unlike the month of June, where Lacalle Pou had a surprise bilateral meeting with Biden.
The surprising meeting
The Uruguayan president, who had traveled to the United States to receive an award from the Americas Society-Council of the Americas, had a surprising meeting with the president Joe Bidenwhich lasted for more than an hour in the White House.
The meeting, which was not on the agenda, served to demonstrate the great interest of Washington in deepening diplomatic and commercial relations with the country. It came hours after a bipartisan group of senators proposed a bill for a strategic alliance between both countries.
According to the White House, President Joe Biden “praised Uruguay as a regional and global model of democratic governance” during the meeting.
Lacalle Pou’s travels during September
The president’s three international trips during the month of September had already been agreed upon several weeks ago, since they were approved by the Parliamentwhich is a mandatory condition for the president’s departure outside the country if they have to do with diplomatic affairs.
In the middle of this month, the president met with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, in the second bilateral meeting in two months, after what occurred within the framework of the summit Celac-European Union. The president visited the European country with an agenda full of activities that closed with the meeting with his partner in Paris and subsequent activity in Lille, border region with Belgium, where they watched the rugby match together The Teros —the Uruguayan team— and the French team, which finished 27-12 in favor of the Europeans.
The meeting between leaders took place in the Elysee Palace. From Chancellery They announced that there were going to be no official statements or images of the meeting and it emerged that the agreement Mercosur-EU It could be one of the topics of conversation, as well as Uruguayan meat exports to the European country.
Prior to the trip to the old continent, the president visited Chile, accompanied by the Minister of External relationships (MRREE), Francisco Bustillo, to participate in the commemorative events for the 50 years since the coup d’état. Lacalle Pou He was part of other leaders and former leaders of both countries in the main event held at the Palacio de la Moneda, which was headed by his counterpart, the Chilean president. Gabriel Boric.
Source: Ambito
