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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 17:10 UTC

Tag: Francisco Bustillo

  • Thursday, March 9th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Uruguay, Brazil agree on joint infrastructure works

    Brazil also invited Uruguay to the 2024 G20 Summit

    Brazilian and Uruguayan officials have reached an understanding whereby the Rivera airport will become binational, a waterway will be developed, and a new bridge will be built over the Yaguarón river, it was announced after Tuesday's encounter in Brasilia featuring Foreign Ministers Francisco Bustillo and Mauro Viera, among other dignitaries.

  • Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 19:19 UTC

    Uruguayan FM makes a remark on his Ambassador to Argentina after political statements on investors

    In his letter to Enciso, the Foreign Minister asks for reserve and discretion, and warns that his statements cannot be repeated.

    Uruguay’s Foreign Minister, Francisco Bustillo, sent a note with a remark to the Uruguayan ambassador in Buenos Aires, Carlos Enciso, in which he questions the pertinence of his statements in a radio interview. Enciso spoke of a possible drop in Argentine investments if there is a political change in his country's government after the favorable policies in the past few years by President Luis Lacalle Pou.

  • Wednesday, October 5th 2022 - 10:12 UTC

    EU-Mercosur agreement ratified in 2023? Uruguayan Foreign Minister sees it possible

    ”I think Brazil is going to be a protagonist. I believe that we have a window of opportunity”, Bustillo said.

    It's been more than two decades since the negotiations began. Yet, geopolitical conditions have never been favorable to ratify the agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur. However, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, Francisco Bustillo, said Tuesday during a press conference that there is “a window of opportunity” to ratify the accord between the European and South American blocs in 2023, during the pro tempore rulings of Spain and Brazil in each group.

  • Tuesday, September 27th 2022 - 10:16 UTC

    Russia needs to withdraw from Ukraine, Uruguay's Bustillo tells UN

    “For Uruguay, the democratic system is part of its history and its best traditions,” Bustillo stressed.

    Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Monday told the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York that Russia's withdrawal from Ukraine was essential.

  • Friday, September 9th 2022 - 07:43 UTC

    Uruguay's Foreign Ministry joins global sympathy over Queen's death

    Bustillo also underlined the good ties relations between Mercosur and the European Union (EU)

    Uruguay's Foreign Ministry Thursday issued a statement expressing the South American country's sympathy over the passing of the British monarch at Balmoral Castle.

  • Thursday, September 8th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

    Uruguayan FM headed for Berlin talks

    Bustillo discussed possible high-level visits with French diplomatic officials

    Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Wednesday met with French authorities in Paris before flying on to Berlin, where he will hold talks with his German colleague Annalena Baerbock.

  • Tuesday, September 6th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

    Uruguayan FM off to brokering Mercosur deal approval with EU

    Bustillo is to meet with Josep Borrell Tuesday

    Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo is off on a European tour seeking to further develop his country's trade ties as the last inflation index showed the government of President Luis Lacalle Pou was already above its 2022 targets.

  • Monday, September 5th 2022 - 23:56 UTC

    Luis Lacalle Pou won’t attend UN General Assembly

    In the last assembly, Lacalle Pou referred to how the pandemic changed countries all over the world

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou will not attend the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations to be held in New York. Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo will attend in his place, reported El Observador and confirmed MercoPress with sources from the Foreign Ministry.

  • Tuesday, August 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

    Uruguayan FM stresses “One China” principle

    “Since 1988 there are no two opinions,” Bustillo insisted

    Uruguay's Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo said in an interview published over the weekend that his country adhered to the one-China principle whereby Taiwan would be a rogue province yet to rejoin the mainland politically.

  • Monday, July 25th 2022 - 23:30 UTC

    Uruguayan FM hopes other Mercosur countries will join Chinese FTA talks

    Bustillo longed for the FTA to be finalized during the current administration of President Luis Lacalle Pou, despite negotiations started during the presidency of Tabaré Vazquez (2015-2020)

    After meeting Monday with members of a Chinese delegation who are in Montevideo since Saturday, Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo said he hoped the other members of Mercosur would soon join the Free Trade Agreement negotiations because the Asian giant was “open to cooperation both with Mercosur and with the particular member country.”