Paraguay’s president questioned Uruguay’s stance of moving forward with individual agreements, ahead of Monday’s summit.
He President of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, He was against the position of Uruguay on the easing of the Mercosur and the possibility of moving forward with individual agreements, noting that “it is much better to negotiate at the bloc level.”
Although when he took office almost a year ago he had shown himself to be in favour of extra-bloc agreements, Grief He said on Saturday that “we will always be stronger if we negotiate together than separately,” after having asked for a “mea culpa” from the bloc a few weeks ago.
During a press conference in Assumption, Hours before the meeting of the bloc to be held on Monday, the Paraguayan president called for uniting Mercosur, “making it stronger and going out to conquer markets on an international level”.
“Despite everything, the comings and goings, the marches and countermarches that the Mercosur, “I believe in the integration model,” he said, adding that “it is our best platform, because the world moves on the basis of economic blocks.”
“Paraguay “Mercosur needs to integrate into the world, with an increasingly stronger Mercosur. Hopefully, this summit that we are going to hold on Monday will be an opportunity to reflect,” said Peña, while admitting that “Mercosur is clearly not going through its best moment.”
An agreement with the United Arab Emirates is moving forward
In the run-up to Monday’s summit, delegations from the different blocs began to meet and even this week the first round of negotiations was held to advance a trade agreement between Mercosur and United Arab Emirates.
The regional bloc highlighted that there was a “favorable panorama” and stated that there was “significant progress” after the conversations between experts from Mercosur and the country of Middle East, that they would continue with virtual meetings, with the aim of closing the agreement this year.
It is a destination with great potential for trade expansion, with exports for 3.5 billion dollars and some imports for 1.6 billion during 2023.
Source: Ambito
