Andean presidents meet in Lima
The Government of Peru, headed by President Pedro Castillo, will assume the pro tempore presidency of the Andean Community (CAN) for 2022-2023 in a protocol ceremony scheduled at the General Secretariat of the organisation, based in Lima.
The Peruvian president will receive the presidency from his Ecuadorian counterpart, Guillermo Lasso.
The heads of state of Bolivia, Luis Arce, and Colombia, Gustavo Petro, will also attend the ceremony, followed by the Andean Presidential Council, where Lasso will present his management report for the previous period.
The Peruvian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Mackay, stated that by holding the pro tempore presidency, Peru would contribute to strengthening regional cooperation and guarantee Chile's return to the integrationist bloc.
The Chancellor affirmed that "there is this vocation for Chile to return to the heart of the community; today, it is an associate state of the Andean Community. So were Venezuela and Argentina at the time."
At the same time, the high diplomat emphasised that "this universal vision of our Andean region, always thinking of these more than 114 million people that make up the Andean Community, must be projected as a bloc towards the European Union, towards the whole world."
