19:21 | Porto Velho (Brazil), Feb. 3.
The
President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo, on Thursday highlighted the commitments undertaken with his
Brazilian counterpart, Jair Bolsonaro, in order to promote investment and strengthen health care for the benefit of the populations in the border area.
"We have settled commitments concerning the fight against drug trafficking. We will figure out how we can approach the Brazilian markets through the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. President Bolsonaro has allowed us to call on Brazilian entrepreneurs to invest in Peru," the Peruvian dignitary said at the end of the meeting.
He also highlighted the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the Social Health Insurance System (EsSalud), which will help develop telemedicine, train health personnel and strengthen patient care, in a context in which the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic brought the peoples closer together.
"It is up to the Government to promote the border area's development.
Agreements have been signed so that the ministers of defense, health and education can be in permanent communication to work on an agenda with a timetable of specific dates," the country's top official pointed out.
In this regard, President Castillo thanked his Brazilian counterpart for the extensive work meeting they held this morning —the first meeting held between presidents of Peru and Brazil in almost nine years.
He also noted that there is a commitment from President Bolsonaro to visit Peru next June.
Castillo and Bolsonaro held a meeting in the city of Porto Velho, Rondonia State, to discuss topics of bilateral interest, such as multimodal connection, trade and access to markets, border cooperation in defense, security, as well as technical and humanitarian aspects, and to face the COVID-19 pandemic.
The delegation joining the Head of State was composed of First Lady Lilia Paredes, as well as Ministers Cesar Landa (Foreign Affairs), Jose Gavidia (Defense), and Roberto Sanchez (Foreign Trade-Tourism), among other officials.
Brazil is Peru's first trading partner in the region, with which it shares a 2,822-kilometer Amazonian border.
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Publicado: 3/2/2022