Argentina’s Foreign Minister, Santiago Cafiero, highlighted the existence of a “solidarity multilateralism” that will enable consensus to be reached on the Buenos Aires Declaration that will end the VII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
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Following the opening of the summit by President Alberto Fernández in a Buenos Aires hotel, Argentina’s Foreign Minister took the floor to announce what is expected to be the outcome of the meeting.
Cafiero assured: “We hold that integration is a fundamental value to build a territory of peace, a territory with the possibility of development and solidarity in Latin America and the Caribbean.”
The VII Summit ���� of the Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States has begun.
Here are the 33 countries practicing a multilateralism of solidarity to overcome the culture of hate through dialogue and respect.#Unity in diversity pic.twitter.com/NRd5w3rOcz
— Santiago Cafe (@SantiagoCafiero)
January 24, 2023
As an example of the progress of this integration, he highlighted the collaboration with organizations such as the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (Sela) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA).
He also cited the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Caribbean Community (Caricom) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
The Secretary of State announced that the Buenos Aires Declaration had 100 consensus points and 11 special statements, all by consensus.
Cafiero presented the report on the administration carried out by Argentina’s pro tempore presidency since he took office in January 2022.
“It is the fruit of dialogue and respect. It is the multilateralism of solidarity that we practice in the liveliest way and that we carry forward,” stressed the Foreign Minister, referring to the final document that will also be adopted, said the Argentine, “overcoming the culture of hate and discarding and, moreover, put before them the strength and the culture of encounter”.
The sessions will have the confirmed attendance of more than 15 leaders, including Lula da Silva (Brazil), Gustavo Petro (Colombia), Gabriel Boric (Chile) and Luis Arce (Bolivia), in addition to hosting President Alberto Fernández Luiz Inácio. ), Xiomara Castro (Honduras), Mia Mottley (Barbados), Mario Abdo Benítez (Paraguay), Luis Lacalle Pou (Uruguay) and Miguel Díaz-Canel (Cuba).