The President of the Republic, Iván Duque Márquez, began a new official visit to the United States, within the framework of the bicentennial of bilateral relations between the two countries. This commemoration takes place at the John F. Kennedy Center Washington.
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Among the main points of the cultural meeting is the award to former US congressmen and officials for their contribution to relations between the two countries.
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During the morning, the President held a meeting with the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagroin the US capital, at this meeting they discussed the Summit of the Americas, which will be held from June 6 to 10 in Los Angeles (USA), and the Business Charter proposed by the President Colombia in 2019 for the development of the region.
“We discussed the defense of democracy in the region, the delivery of 1 million Temporary Protection Statute cards, the fight against the climate crisis and the Electoral Observation Mission,” said the president at the end of the meeting.
Duque will also meet at the Colombian Embassy with Eric Farnsworth, vice president of the Americas Society/Council of the Americas, a business organization founded by David Rockefeller in 1963 whose purpose is to promote free trade, democracy and markets in the region. .
Within his agenda for this Thursday, the President will also meet with Ian de Cruz, Global Director of P4G, an accelerator and financier of green projects and solutions, and with the Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, whom he will thank for supporting Colombian development. and also for the renewal of the flexible credit line.
On Friday, he will participate in the Conference of Mayors of the United States, which takes place in the city of Reno, in the State of Nevada.
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