Lula and integration agreements signed mujica
Mujica, who arrived last night in Brasilia for an official visit that will culminate tomorrow, brought the agenda at the heart of wider access to the Brazilian market for Uruguayan exports of milk, meat and grains, as part of the necessary actions to reduce asymmetries of country within Mercosur.
“Brazil is our biggest trading partner, we must make possible the flow of marketing dairy products, meat and grain between the two countries, as this is very important for Uruguay, “he said Mujica, was quoted by the state agency in Brazil.
The president of Uruguay seeks to extend the exchange, which currently is 2,600 million dollars with an balance almost evenly balanced, so one of the agreements deal with today is the creation of a commission of integration of the productive sector.
This area will focus on expediting trade negotiations from a reduction operational processes that facilitate agreements in the field more quickly.
Uruguay exports to Brazil beef, cereals, milk, wood and coal, and buys fuel oil, machinery, vehicles , tractors and boilers.
Other agreements relating to priority power interconnection works and the construction of bridges and waterways.
To do this, leaders signed the call for tenders for a transmission line of 500 megawatts and agreed to jointly build second bridge across the river JaguarÆo, which is 32 kilometers navigable JaguarÆo divided cities in Rio Grande do Sul, and Rio Branco, Uruguay .
defined Presidents also an agreement for investment in port infrastructure from the Mirim lagoon, the second largest in Brazil, and the Laguna de los Patos, the largest Uruguay.
Besides the pursuit of specific agreements, Mujica came to Brasilia with a political definition of the role of Brazil, which considered to be the leader of the region and therefore must support in economic terms to its neighbors.
“The world is being organized in huge blocks and Brazil should be our spokesperson, the problem is that whof0bever buys lunch invites, Mujica said on leaving the Embassy of Uruguay in Brasilia to meet with Lula.
Mujica Lula also talked about safety, crime prevention, judicial systems and cooperation in fighting fires, and and on measures for cooperation in health, education, environment and sanitation.
As for the regional agenda is concerned, the leaders discussed ways to strengthen Mercosur, the cooperation within Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) in multilateral fora and in the area of Mission Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).
Out of the bilateral agenda, the Heads of State discussed the reconstruction of Haiti and the position of President of Honduras, Porfirio Lobo, isolated in the region since the coup in that country in June 2009, among other international issues.
Mujica arrived last night in Brasilia, where he was received by the Uruguayan ambassador in Brazil, Carlos Amorin, and spent the morning working meetings with direct advisers, before the meeting with Lula. (Telam) fpa-ajl-da 29/03/2010 20:38