Post by account_disabled on Feb 25, 2024 5:46:42 GMT
After ten years of tense comings and goings, the Government accepted the request of the eastern government to be allowed to raise the depth of the access channel to the port of Montevideo from 13 to 14 meters. The decision would be reflected in a soon bilateral agreement.
As Clarín had anticipated , the decision, considered by Uruguayans as an extremely positive gesture by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Diana Mondino, gained strength last week in the minister's first meeting with her counterpart Omar Paganini . It was parallel to a meeting of Mercosur foreign ministers in Paraguay.
Now, Uruguayan sources told Clarín that Country Email List it received the green light from Argentina, in a technical meeting that took place this Wednesday via Zoom. That meeting has not yet been reported by the Argentine parties.
It was revealed by Uruguayan officials, including diplomats from both countries and officials from the Administrative Commission of the Río de la Plata (CARP), who report to the Undersecretary of American Affairs headed by Ambassador Mariano Vergara.
In Montevideo they asked Argentina for this gesture to modernize its port, which is now becoming more competitive compared to Buenos Aires. The decision “breaks with the policy of I do not allow Uruguay to deepen its port and its access channel because then it harms me.
A statement from the two countries is expected this Wednesday afternoon.
An extensive article today in the newspaper El Observador recalled the conflict of this dredging to 14 meters over the years.
During Cristina Kirchner's government, in 2013, due to the conflict between the Néstor Kirchner and Tabaré Vázquez paper companies, there continued to be a very bad bilateral climate and the former president rejected Uruguay's request.
In 2018, during the government of Mauricio Macri, dredging from 12 meters to 13 meters was authorized, but an error by the Uruguayans caused the request to be rectified to 14 meters.
Already under the government of Alberto Fernández and with the CARP highly questioned, former Argentine deputy Diego Tettamanti rejected the Uruguayan proposal with 28 objections. Tettamanti is no longer in office and the CARP would be subjected to a transparency process along with all the commissions that are under the orbit of the Foreign Ministry.
As Clarín had anticipated , the decision, considered by Uruguayans as an extremely positive gesture by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Diana Mondino, gained strength last week in the minister's first meeting with her counterpart Omar Paganini . It was parallel to a meeting of Mercosur foreign ministers in Paraguay.
Now, Uruguayan sources told Clarín that Country Email List it received the green light from Argentina, in a technical meeting that took place this Wednesday via Zoom. That meeting has not yet been reported by the Argentine parties.
It was revealed by Uruguayan officials, including diplomats from both countries and officials from the Administrative Commission of the Río de la Plata (CARP), who report to the Undersecretary of American Affairs headed by Ambassador Mariano Vergara.
In Montevideo they asked Argentina for this gesture to modernize its port, which is now becoming more competitive compared to Buenos Aires. The decision “breaks with the policy of I do not allow Uruguay to deepen its port and its access channel because then it harms me.
A statement from the two countries is expected this Wednesday afternoon.
An extensive article today in the newspaper El Observador recalled the conflict of this dredging to 14 meters over the years.
During Cristina Kirchner's government, in 2013, due to the conflict between the Néstor Kirchner and Tabaré Vázquez paper companies, there continued to be a very bad bilateral climate and the former president rejected Uruguay's request.
In 2018, during the government of Mauricio Macri, dredging from 12 meters to 13 meters was authorized, but an error by the Uruguayans caused the request to be rectified to 14 meters.
Already under the government of Alberto Fernández and with the CARP highly questioned, former Argentine deputy Diego Tettamanti rejected the Uruguayan proposal with 28 objections. Tettamanti is no longer in office and the CARP would be subjected to a transparency process along with all the commissions that are under the orbit of the Foreign Ministry.
