Press Release: EU-Rio Group: Vilamoura Declaration, Vilamoura, 24.02.00

The Ninth Institutionalised Ministerial Meeting between the European Union and the Rio Group was held in Vilamoura, Portugal, on 24.02.00, as provided for in the Rome Declaration of 20.12.90 and the Final Declaration of the Eighth Ministerial Meeting held in Panama in February 1998. Ministers underlined the importance of the first Summit of the Heads of State and of Government of the European Union and Latin American and Caribbean countries, held in Rio de Janeiro on 28-29.6.99. Ministers underlined the importance they attached to political dialogue and cooperation between the European Union and the Rio Group and reaffirmed their political will to continue to strengthen relations between the two regions.

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

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

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