2023-10-21 01:02:15
Through a letter, President Gustavo Petro confirmed his participation in the Leaders’ Summit of the Alliance for Economic Prosperity in the Americas on November 3, 2023 in Washington and where he is expected to have a meeting with his American counterpart, Joe Biden. .
“This historic initiative will serve as an opportunity to continue working on sustainable economic development, under the principles of social and climate justice, with the aim of making the economies of the American continent increasingly stable, inclusive, resilient, sustainable and integrated. ”the letter says.
Also, the president assured that this meeting will be fundamental for the union of the countries of the hemisphere and the creation of new opportunities.
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“Without a doubt, this Summit will serve to strengthen the hemispheric leadership of our countries on a wide variety of issues on which we work together in our bilateral and multilateral agenda in the region. “This is the time to advance the inclusion of historically vulnerable communities, as well as the creation of economic and social opportunities in peacebuilding zones to achieve the prosperity of our people.”
Finally, President Petro listed the topics that are urgent to talk about in the middle of this Summit.
“Finally, I want to highlight to Your Excellency the priority for Colombia of the dialogue held within the framework of this Alliance around clean energy, entrepreneurship, innovation, access to drinking water, the right to nutritious food, the implementation of the circular economy, the protection of biodiversity and the building of capacities in physical and digital infrastructure,” he concluded.
It is expected that the president will also have another visit to the United States this month to participate in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC), which is the main forum to facilitate economic growth, technical cooperation and economic, facilitation and liberalization of trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region.
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