The president of Colombia, Ivan Duke, considered this Thursday “historical“The fact that your country is a benchmark for the US in an initiative to attract more investment to Latin America and its designation as a main ally does not US NATO
Duke described as “very good meeting“Your meeting this Thursday with your US counterpart, Joe Biden, at the White House, in statements to the press after that appointment.
(See: The gifts with a Colombian stamp that Iván Duque gave to Joe Biden).
“It is very important, and President Biden has raised it very eloquently, to continue building a relationship with Colombia so that it becomes a benchmark in the ‘Build back better world’ initiative, which is an initiative to attract more investment to Latin AmericaDuke detailed.
This initiative, whose name emulates the motto of Biden’s domestic agenda, ‘Build back better’, was launched last June during the meeting of the G7 leaders to provide an alternative to the Chinese megaproject ‘One belt, one road’, with infrastructure projects in low- and middle-income countries.
On the other hand, the Colombian president valued the declaration of his country as the main allied nation, not NATO, which “means celebrating this bicentennial of the bilateral relationship, taking it to the highest point” of history.
(See: Joe Biden will designate Colombia as the new main non-NATO ally).
He announced that in the joint statement that the US and Colombia will issue at the end of their visit to Washington, “special emphasis“In defense of the Inter-American Democratic Charter and in defense of democracy, “as a way to resolve the crisis that Venezuela is experiencing and that undoubtedly has to lead to help stop this migratory crisis that has been generated“.
On the other hand, Duque highlighted the donation by the US to Colombia of 2 million additional vaccines against covid-19.
“I am also pleased that we have consolidated the environmental agenda of energy transition, investments in green hydrogen, and something that is also very significant for us, the US support for the declaration of 30% of our territory as protected areas“, he pointed.
And he also highlighted theUS commitment“to support the Colombian immigration policy to serve 1.8 million migrants.
EFE
