For Macri, the agreement with the EU is "a starting point" – Telam

President Mauricio Macri said today that the agreement with the European Union "is a starting point" for the Mercosur to go ahead and expressed its "solidarity" with the Venezuelan people, while asking President Nicolás Maduro to "stop". to hinder democratic transition and put an end to human rights violations ".

Macri, along with other Presidents of Mercosur and Associated Countries, opened this afternoon the Mercosur Heads of State Summit at the Belgrano Station Convention Center in the city of Santa Fe.

"When I badumed the role of President of Argentina three and a half years ago, I invited them to work together to consolidate Mercosur." Today, I am convinced that it is It is a strategic space for strengthening economic relations between our peoples and the world, "said the president. accompanied by Chancellor Jorge Faurie and Ministers of Property, Nicolás Dujovne, Interior, Rogelio Frigerio and Production, Dante Sica.

"We are working to advance in an effective integration, the agreement with the European Union is the fruit of this collective work in which we demonstrate our vocation and our commitment, all at the highest level," he said. -he declares.

"We should be proud to have pursued this goal with the tenacity required by state policies, which surpbad the different governments," said Macri.

The Argentinean president stressed that the agreement with the EU "makes it clear to the world that we want Mercosur to be a competitive, dynamic bloc with clear rules of the game for investing and doing business".

"The agreement we reached is not a point of arrival, but a starting point for Mercosur to go further," concluded Macri.

With regard to Venezuela, the Argentine President expressed his "solidarity" with the Caribbean people by saying that this country "is suffering from an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in our region".