The presidential official will fly this Saturday to the Asian giant, where he will lead an official mission that will participate in the III Belt and Road Forum of International Cooperationan initiative promoted by the Chinese president, Xi Jinping.
The forum, which brings together heads of state and representatives from more than 100 countries, will last two days, and is focused on the development of global infrastructure strategies and international cooperation on routes that favor the free trade among the nations.
Slim He assured today at a press conference that, as a representative of Uruguaywill hold bilateral meetings with the Chinese government “on the issue of links with Latin America” and “commercial ties.”
Regarding these meetings, he assured that they will serve to prepare the visit that the president will make. Luis Lacalle Pou at the end of November to the Asian country.
The importance of advancing in the FTA
The presidential secretary stated that although the trip arose from an invitation from the Chinese government, “it has a lot to do with a message from the Uruguayan government towards a destination,” in reference to the interest of Uruguay for signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China.
Asked about the negotiations for the FTA, Slim He limited himself to responding that “everything is going to be on the table” and about the trip Lacalle Pou In November, together with Uruguayan businessmen, he stated that “the Chinese government values this type of signals because China It is the main Uruguayan market in several areas, and obviously they can go deeper.
Official mission of the Presidency will visit Hong Kong and Macau
“Then we are invited by the government of Hong Kong and that of Macau to make two presentations of Uruguayan products,” he commented Slim.
The Uruguayan mission will meet there with the governors of both Special Administrative Regions of Chinawhere some business opportunities will be proposed.
“Finally, we are going to visit the city of Shenzhenwhich is like it’s like Silicon Valleya city linked to large technology companies that have stakes in our country,” he explained.
Source: Ambito
