Peruvian Foreign Affairs Minister Gustavo Meza-Cuadra and his Environment peer Fabiola Muñoz on Monday inaugurated the First Technical-Political Meeting of the Signatory Countries of the
The meeting also saw the participation of delegations from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Suriname.
It was held within the framework of the Leticia Pact and seeks to promote actions for the preservation, conservation, and sustainable development of the Amazon area.
The agreed topics were: strengthening the coordinated action to fight deforestation; establishing mechanisms for regional cooperation and information exchange; creating the Amazon Network for Cooperation in the face of natural disasters; as well as promoting research, technological development, technology transfer, and knowledge management processes.
Today's event was held at the Foreign Affairs Ministry's headquarters.
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