EU and Latin America Foreign Affairs Ministers meet in Santo Domingo on 19 and 20 April

EU Foreign Affairs Ministers would meet with Ministers from the “Rio Group”, a forum assembling Latin America and Caribbean countries, on 20 April 2007 in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic).

Discussions of the EU-Rio Group ministers would focus on Haiti, energy, the environment and climate change, strengthening multilateralism, middle income countries and their fight against poverty, and the future of the EU-Rio Group relations. The EU would be represented by the current EU presidency, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, by the European Commissioner for External Relations and Neighbourhood Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, and by the High Representative, Javier Solana. While in Santo Domingo, Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner would also announce some of the aid packages that the Commission proposed for Latin America for the 2007-2013 amounting to a total of more than €2.6 billion.

• Primary Source

Wikipedia: Rio Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Group

EU: EEAS: Latin America and the Carribean https://eeas.europa.eu/diplomatic-network/latin-america-and-caribbean_en

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