On behalf of the president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardothe Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Juan Ramón de la Fuente, will travel this Saturday to Santa Marta, Colombia, to participate in the IV Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac)-European Union (EU), which will be carried out November 9 and 10 in that city.
The attendance of Foreign Minister De la Fuente responds to the interest that Mexico gives to Celac as the main space for regional political dialogue, as well as the relevance given to the relationship with the European Union as a strategic extra-regional partner.
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According to a statement from the Foreign Ministry, This participation also reflects Mexico’s active role as a relevant actor in the region, as well as its willingness to contribute constructively to the strengthening of bi-regional relations with a view to a shared global agenda..
LThe Celac-European Union Summit is a political dialogue mechanism established in 2013 that brings together the 60 States of both regions.
For its part, the European Union highlighted that the regional summit between the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) brings together European, Latin American and Caribbean leaders to strengthen relations between both regions. These summits are the main forums for dialogue and cooperation between Europe and the States of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The meeting represents an extension of the EU-Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) summits that have been taking place since 1999. In 2010, at the summit held in Mexico, 33 LAC countries decided to merge the Rio Group and the CALC (Latin American and Caribbean Summits on Development and Cooperation) in a single forum: the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac).
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Since then, three Summits have been held: in 2013 (Santiago de Chile), in 2015 (Brussels) and in 2023 (Brussels). Eurolat participates through its co-presidents who present a message to the Summit.