Author Name: Carribean Channel, Cuba TV.
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Evo Morales will insist on Bolivia’s entry into Mercosur
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The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, will reiterate this Wednesday the request of full entrance of his country to the Common Market of the South (Mercosur), during the Summit of Presidents that will take place in Santa Fe, in the northeast of Argentina.
According to Foreign Minister Diego Pary, during the 54th edition of these appointments Morales will hold important meetings with his counterparts in Argentina, Mauricio Macri, and Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez, among other leaders who will participate.
Bolivia is already a country in the process of accession, so Bolivia participates in this Summit as do the member countries of the organization, as we are interested in continuing to work on the issue, he said.
The South American nation is close to integrating the commercial block, to which Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela currently belong.
Blanco also highlighted the importance of this step because the nation shares 72 percent of its borders with members of Mercosur, which he described as a natural market where they mainly export gas. During the Santa Fe Summit, your country will submit a draft agreement on the Paraguay-Paraná waterway, to enable mechanisms to facilitate the movement of people and cargo, borders, bordering cities, and an agreement for the recognition of degrees and academic degrees. In this regard, confirmed that they have the parliamentary ratification of Venezuela, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay for the accession process, and only Brazil is pending, while announcing that they are evaluating a possible meeting between Presidents Evo Morales and Jair Bolsonaro on the issue.
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