Macri seeks "durable solutions that transcend" mandates | Chronic

President Mauricio Macri He held this Friday from Chile and ahead of his counterparts in Colombia, Brazil and Ecuador, among others, that "To be effective in designing sustainable solutions that transcend our mandates and contribute to development and poverty reduction in the context of democracy and respect for human rights".

"Our region has a lot of value and potential, it is time to be realistic and pragmatic to understand global and regional circumstances without ideological bias and to find ways to live in a more prosperous South America, more democratic and safer "he said in the plenary session of the first official session of the Forum for Progress and Development of Latin America (PROSUR),

Macri also pointed out "The vision of the value of living in a democracy, which is the way we choose to manage dissension, diversity and plurality". The Chilean state leaders participated in the event, Sebastián Píñera; from Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro; from Paraguay, Mario Abdo Benítez; from Peru, Martín Vizcarra; Columbia, Iván Duqueand Ecuador, Lenin Moreno.

"We have come today to renew our commitment to seeing ourselves as more integrated, more prosperous, more connected to each other and to the world.", added and pointed out that the space launched here "Inaugurates a process in which we also seek this flexibility and dynamism to progress in the best way to integrate". "It is important that this is not a closed process in itself, but that it is built from synergies with other mechanisms and organizations we already have, even in the largest region of the world. ;Latin America"he remarked.

He also pointed out that "We live in a time of great interdependence and it is not possible to face the challenges of the twenty-first century separately, which is why we must strengthen more and more the joint work between our countries.Macri also said that he is "Convinced that an integration project can only succeed if it manages to connect to the daily realities of our people".

After being received by Piñera and having taken some rigorous photos, the President presented himself to the people present and spoke about shared projects and bets on the modern projects of the region. "It is important to learn from the positive experiences of other projects, to learn from their positive experiences, to avoid the mistakes that led to their failure and to build on innovative projects. regional integration able to adapt continuously to the realities of the twenty-first century ", badysis.

"We share the enormous challenge of ensuring socially and environmentally sustainable growth in order to provide our people with a better quality of life and more opportunities for our children. " he stressed. He said in that sense that "Connectivity is essential to deepen economic integration between our countries and our region, which means more and better infrastructure, more and better communications, and productive linkages to promote better economic and social opportunities. business spirit and the development of SMEs ".

Finally, he called "Redoubling joint efforts to continue to strengthen our capacity to fight drug trafficking." "It helps to take care of our citizens, as well as regional security against organized crime and money laundering", he finished.

Bilateral agreements

Macri and Piñera made a joint statement in which they underlined the scope of the agreement signed between Argentina and Chile, under which the two countries agree to unite in order to promote investment and facilitate trade, among other mutual benefits for communities.

"We are very pleased to have this modern agreement of the 21st century and to have made progress in fulfilling our commitments, which allows us to improve the integration between our countries and countries." open up new opportunities, not only to promote more investment and facilitate trade, but also to create more links and bring concrete benefits to our people, such as telecommunications and the collection of local rates for the roaming service ", they explained.

Macri added that the agreements "They go from homelessness and we progress in the integration of our borders and energy, which delays the vitality, is what strengthens and strengthens the future of both communities".

"I am happy that our SMEs, that all our cultural systems interact, and every day, I am convinced, according to this coincidence in the vision of the future, that we will continue to seek more things so that the Argentineans and the Chileans are closer "said the Argentine president.