The National Association of Poultry Farmers of Panama (ANAVIP), this Wednesday “categorically” rejected the statements issued by the Minister of Foreign Trade of the Republic of Costa Rica, Manuel Tovar, on the trade dispute between the two countries.
The union considered “inappropriate and haughty”, in addition to “inconsiderate”, the words issued by the official
He expressed his support for President Laurentino Cortizo and the Ministers of Agricultural Development, Augusto Arosemena, and of Commerce and Industries, Federico Alfaro Boyd, in the decisions they have adopted “in legitimate defense of our national food production and in the exercise of our sovereign right to enforce national health regulations.
“It is truly unfortunate that an authority at the level of the Costa Rican Minister of Foreign Trade expresses himself in such defiant and vindictive terms against our country, which in no way contributes to maintaining the climate of respect and understanding that should prevail in relations between sister countries. We are convinced that this improper behavior of Minister Tovar does not represent the values or codes of conduct of the cultured and enlightened Costa Rican people,” the organization said.
