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CELAC Foreign Ministers discuss Agenda 2020

By on May 6, 2015
CELAC meeting (Quito, Ecuador)

CELAC meeting
(Quito, Ecuador)

Belmopan. Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Foreign Affairs ministers from Latin American and Caribbean States met this week in Quito, Ecuador.

The seventh meeting of the regional grouping discussed proposals for the region to develop a cooperation Agenda 2020 which seeks to establish a platform of strategic priorities and objectives common to all of the thirty three members states of the regional body.

Coming out of Tuesday’s meeting were areas identified for cooperation, among them the reduction of poverty and inequality, education, science and climate change.

Further analysis and discussion of the initial proposal will now be carried out among members states leading to a potential finalization on the way forward.

Foreign Minister of Ecuador Ricardo Patiño told the press that the 2020 Agenda will be finalized in the next two to three months following further consultation with member states.

To further expand the influence of the regional body, CELAC is looking to strengthen relations with other regional blocks, such as the European Union, and countries such as Russia, Turkey, India, Japan and China, which has already committed to investing US$250 billion in the region.

A summit involving Latin American and Caribbean Counties and the European Union is scheduled for next month in Brussels, Belgium.

Belize was represented at this week’s meeting by Minister Wilfred Elrington, Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Sylvester and Ambassador Alexis Rosado.

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