He Rivera binational airport It will be inaugurated on December 11 in a ceremony that will be attended by the president Luis Lacalle Pou. The airport is one of the government’s big bets to improve the connectivity of Uruguay with the world, and one of the commitments assumed together with Brazil.
Uruguay Airports will inaugurate the Rivera International Airport “General President Óscar D. Gestido” next Monday, December 11, as part of the conditioning and renovation project in infrastructure and services carried out in different air terminals in the country.
In addition to Lacalle Pou, authorities will be present at the event Brazil and from the department of Rivera, as well as ministers and representatives of America Airports Corporation Uruguay.
A path of cooperation
The declaration of the binationality of the Rivera airport took place on August 14, with the presence of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRREE) and local and national authorities Brazil. Likewise, it had been one of the commitments announced by the president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during his visit to the country in January.
At that time, the event was attended by the current former chancellor Francisco Bustillo; of the Minister of Defense, Javier García; the Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF), Arbeleche Lily; the Secretary of the Presidency, Alvaro Delgado; and the Minister of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP), José Luis Falero. On the side of Brazil The Minister of Ports and Airports did it, Márcio Luiz Franca and that of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Viera.
Already in June, García had commented to the press that Uruguay would sign a “memorandum of understanding” with Brazil to advance the airport’s binationality process. On that occasion, García highlighted the “potential” that the use of the “shared code” between both countries will have.
Brazil will use the airport as a domestic airport. In this regard, the Minister of Defense indicated that “if there are people who want to enter Uruguay, he migrates from Uruguay and enters; if not, continue to Brazil and it is understood as a domestic flight.” “I know that there are Brazilian companies interested in doing this route,” he said.
He also recalled that the “political will” of the presidents was key to advancing this process. Lacalle Pou and Lula da Silva.
Source: Ambito
