The summit of Mercosur began in Santa Fe

SANTA FE.- The Mercosur summit is already under way. At this stage, meetings of the technical teams of the member countries will take place in the framework of a meeting which will end the day after tomorrow with the participation of the president.

Mauricio Macri

and his counterparts from Brazil,

Jair Bolsonaro

; from Uruguay,

Tabaré Vázquez

and Paraguay,

Mario Abdo Benítez

.

As he advanced
THE NATION, leaders will announce
the elimination of roaming charges when traveling in the block.

The presence of Horacio Reyser, Foreign Economic Relations Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one of the leaders responsible for the success of the negotiations between Mercosur and the European Union (EU), is particularly underlined.
the agreement reached a few days ago.

"The holding of the summit in a city in the interior of the country is due to the confidence of the president

Mauricio Macri

and chancellor

Jorge Faurie

but also by the desire of the people of Santa Fe, because we dream of this summit and it is taking shape today, "said the Mayor of that capital, José Corral, who received at the Congress Center of the Belgrano station, the stage of the central meeting, the undersecretary of Mercosur and the Chancellery's international economic negotiations, Victorio Carpintieri, coordinator of the present edition of the Santa Fe summit.

For Corral, the Mercosur Summit in Santa Fe "can bring more positive developments both for the bloc in general and for the daily life of the Argentines, so we are very proud that Santa Fe is the city of this significant advance of Mercosur and such a summit, "he said.

"The results of the meetings of these days are expected with great expectations, both commercially and internationally, and various measures are being taken to facilitate trade between the countries of the region." Mercosur with institutional reforms that the bloc will give itself to prepare for the future, in order to be more dynamic in its mechanisms of decision and deliberation, and in terms of concrete benefits for the citizens, which Finally, the reason we are joining Mercosur and the international scene ".

What is the next

Tomorrow, the day when the highest authorities of the delegations should arrive, the 54th ordinary meeting of the Common Market Council will be held from 10 am with the participation of the Foreign Ministers and the Economy. The presidents of the central banks of the member countries will also be present.

At age 9, Corral will lead the Mercosur Women's Summit welcoming ceremony, organized by the Association of Business Leaders (ADE), the Mercosur Women's Forum and the NGO Consciousness, with the support of the city government. . At noon, the Mayor and Faurie will offer a luncheon in honor of the ministers present at the local harbor.

In the afternoon, the mayor will attend another session of the Common Market Council, to which he will take a paper from Mercociudades, the network of municipalities in South America whose city of Santa Fe is part . Then, the president of Santa Fe will be present at another very relevant event, related to the summit, to be held at the local stock exchange. This is the VI meeting of the central network of the bioceanic corridor. Among other topics, the new challenges that the agreement with the European Union and increased trade with Asia mean for industry and local and regional production.

On Wednesday, the plenary session of Presidents of States Parties of Mercosur, Associated States and special guests, chaired by President Macri at Belgrano Station at noon, will be highlighted.

The possibility of applying interim mechanisms to start the free trade agreement as soon as possible, reaching the European Union (EU), the progress in negotiations with the EFTA bloc and the reduction of the Common External Tariff (CET) are among the central issues that the Mercorsur Presidents Summit will address.

At the regional political level, the issue of Venezuela will also be present at the summit because of the political and humanitarian crisis in the Caribbean country, which had been suspended as a full member of Mercosur.

It must be remembered that Argentina has the interim presidency of the bloc and that is why Macri is hosting the meeting. This afternoon, at 14:45, a press conference of Foreign Ministers is scheduled, during which the conclusions of the meeting will be announced.