Foreign Minister Omar Paganini and his Argentine counterpart Diana Mondino signed the cross-border coordination document.
He Foreign Minister Omar Pagaini and its Argentine counterpart, Diana Mondinosigned this Sunday a protocol for urgent health transfers between borders, within the framework of the LXIV Meeting of the Common Market Council of Mercosur which takes place in Asuncion, Paraguay.
This Sunday afternoon, both countries signed the “Protocol for the coordination of medical assistance and primary cross-border health transfers by land, river and air in cases of urgency and emergency,” which will provide a legal framework for the existing cooperation between cities on both sides of the Uruguay River for serious emergencies, thus facilitating travel and medical care across borders.
On the other hand, the owner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRREE) also signed a Film and Audiovisual Co-Production Agreement with the other members of the bloc, as well as two other Financial Complementation and Technical Complementation Agreements respectively between the bloc and the FONPLATA – Development Bankwhose headquarters are located in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
Argentina calls for “adrenaline shock” to revitalize Mercosur
In another order, during his participation in the plenary session of the meeting of foreign ministers, Mondino stated that Mercosur He needs an “adrenaline rush” to revitalize himself.
“We have a critical view of the present of the Mercosur and we believe that its potential as an expanded market and platform for relationships with the world is highly underutilized,” he insisted in this regard.
In this regard, he criticised the fact that for 33 years the economic bloc had not been able to “facilitate access to large markets outside the zone” and promoted an update that would include “new negotiation modalities”.
Likewise, and in line with the Uruguayan view, he described the high common external tariff as “gross” and warned about the “high degree of inertia” of the bloc. “It’s not that we are not moving forward, but the world is moving faster,” he said.
Source: Ambito
