Last night, at the Intercontinental Hotel in the city of Mendoza, Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie received his counterpart from the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Rodolfo Nin Novoa, within the framework of the Mercosur Summit.
The Foreign Ministers discussed mutual cooperation in trade facilitation, as well as the progress made and the following steps in the dredging of the River Uruguay. They also analyzed both countries' candidacies for different bodies of international importance, including the joint bid to host the Argentina - Uruguay 2030 World Cup.
The meeting was attended by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Daniel Raimondi; the Secretary for International Economic Relations, Horacio Reyser, and the National Coordinator for the Mercosur Political Agreement Forum, Lila Roldán Vázquez, among others.
Today, at the Intercontinental Hotel, the Foreign Minister is chairing the Ordinary Meeting of the Common Market Council, whose schedule includes the plenary meeting of Foreign Ministers of Mercosur Member States in the morning, to be joined in the afternoon by those of Associate States, Mexico and other guest countries.
Press release No. 289/17
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