Mercosur: Paraguay proposes leading negotiations with the UAE in parallel to the agreement with the EU - .::Agencia IP::.

The President of the Republic, Santiago Peña, expressed his intention that Mercosur could advance in other trade negotiations with allies such as the United Arab Emirates and Singapore. With the latter, the agreement will be signed in Rio de Janeiro during the next summit of the regional bloc.

Santiago Peña with the President of the United Arab Emirates. Photo source: @SantiPenap.

Asunción, Agencia IP.- The President of the Republic, Santiago Peña, expressed his intention that Mercosur could advance in other trade negotiations with allies such as the United Arab Emirates and Singapore. With the latter, the agreement will be signed in Rio de Janeiro during the next summit of the regional bloc.

«We are already looking forward. I reiterated on several occasions the decision to concentrate our efforts in other areas,» declared Peña about the possibility of closing the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur.

In that sense, he recalled that parallel to the agreement between the EU and Mercosur, the different countries are working on other alliances that translate into better opportunities for the bloc. He specified that Paraguay was entrusted with negotiating with Singapore, Argentina with the United Arab Emirates, and Brazil with the European Union.