The president assured that “with this there is a substantial economic change in Uruguay’s possibilities.”
President Luis Lacalle Pou entered into the agreement with Argentina due to dredging to 14 meters at the access to the Port of Montevideo and assured that “in ten years no one had achieved it,” while considering that it will bring about “a substantial economic change” for the country.
Besides, Lacalle Pou He highlighted that “the Argentine government changed and it happened,” by displaying a sign of gratitude for the “approval” of his counterpart. Javier Milei, while highlighting the role of the chancellor Omar Paganini and her counterpart Diana Mondino to achieve it “in a very short time.”
The president expressed himself like this after his participation in the Poultry Expo, which is carried out in Saint Baptist, where he recalled that the issue began to be discussed in 2013. “In our government the chancellor began working on it Francisco Bustillo with the government of Alberto Fernandez, but we couldn’t finish it,” he reviewed the efforts.
However, he appreciated the arrival of Milei considering that “the point of view changed, beyond the fact that before there were governments of the same sign or that had a good relationship”, while maintaining that “the fight between ports is something older than the mate hole”, when valuing the ideals of his Argentine counterpart.
The economic impact of improvements in the Port of Montevideo
Regarding future possibilities in the port, Lacalle Pou He highlighted: “Either we all understand that the river and the waterway are a place where we are going to win, or we continue in some way preventing the other from growing.”
Finally, he highlighted that “Uruguay It has a great port and the vocation to be the logistics hub of this region”, while highlighting that, once the work is completed, there will be “a substantial economic change in the possibilities of our production and the region.”
Regarding these improvements, the president of the River Plate Commission (CARP), Alem Garciatold Radio Sarandí that “will be transformed into almost a deep-water port” and highlighted: “This implies that the mega container ships that only reach the port of Santos will be able to reach the Port of Montevideo”.
At the same time, he reviewed that the work will take several months and stated: “If I were in the National Ports Administration (ANP) would order the task of dredging tomorrow, but it is not my competence.”
Source: Ambito
