Quito will host on Friday the 27th Meeting of the Andean Council of Foreign Ministers

Quito, 23 Mar Next Friday Quito will host the XXVII Andean Meeting of Foreign Ministers, which will also be extended to the ministers of trade of the subregion, as confirmed on Wednesday by the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry. At the meeting, the foreign ministers of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru will review the progress made in the so-called Work Plan 2021-2022, which was implemented by the Ecuadorian Government as it held the pro-tempore presidency of the group. Prior to the meeting, the Ecuadorian president, Guillermo Lasso, in his capacity as pro-tempore president of the Andean Community (CAN), will receive Andean representatives on Thursday at the Carondelet Palace, the seat of government, in the historic center of Quito. Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holguín will lead the Council meetings on Friday, which will open the dialogue on “consular assistance in crisis situations,” the source specified. At the expanded meeting with trade ministers, Ecuadorian Julio José Prado will present on the progress made in the Andean Commission on aspects of exchange. It will also analyze the situation of the Andean Court of Justice and the process of cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the fight against “Fusarium RT4", a fungus that has affected and affected banana production in the region. In July last year, Ecuador assumed the pro-tempore presidency of CAN, a regional integration body created in 1969 and currently made up of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. In addition, CAN has Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay as associated countries with its integration system, and Spain and Morocco as observers.