Santiago de Chile Summit 2013

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EU Latin America and the Caribbean Summit 2013

The 1st EU-CELAC Summit / 7th EU-LAC Summit brought together European, Latin American and Caribbean Heads of State and Government in Santiago (Chile) on 26-27 January 2013, to address an Alliance for Sustainable Development to Promote Investments of Social and Environmental Quality. During the Summit, the Leaders adopted a political Declaration and expanded the Action Plan [147 KB] previously adopted in the Madrid Summit in 2010 for bi-regional cooperation. For video extracts from the Summit’s closing ceremony please click here, for extracts from press conference by José Manuel BARROSO, President of the EC, Herman VAN ROMPUY, President of the European Council, and Sebastián Piñera, President of Chile, please click here.

EU-CELAC Summit

Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean
to Promote Investments of Social and Environmental Quality in both regions

Results:

Santiago Declaration [116 KB]
EU-CELAC Action Plan 2013-2015 [148 KB]

Ministers of Foreign Affairs met ahead of the Summit on 25 January to discuss the theme "Working Together for Growth and Sustainability" and to prepare the Leaders' meeting.

Other High Level Meetings with sub-regional organisations took place in the morning of 26 January:

High Level Meeting EU-SICA
High Level Meeting EU-CARIFORUM

In addition, a number of preparatory events were held in the run up to the Summit. These events span across different sectors of society gathering together representatives of both regions such as parliamentarians, policy makers, businesses, trade unions, media, academics, NGOs, and others. This engagement of high level actors from both regions with expertise contributed to the reflection on the Summit’s themes and enriched the debate before the Summit.

The Santiago Summit builds up on six previous EU-LAC Summits held in Rio de Janeiro (1999), Madrid (2002), Guadalajara (2004), Vienna (2006), Lima (2008) and Madrid (2010).

In the week prior to the summit the EU Presidents and High Representative visited the region.

Press releases:

EU Relations with Latin America and the Caribbean 18/01/2013
Remarks by President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy at the press conference of the EU-CELAC Summit [103 KB] 27/01/2013
Remarks by President of the European Commission Barroso at the press conference of the EU-CELAC Summit 27/01/2013
Remarks by the EU High Representative Vice President Catherine Ashton following the EU-CELAC Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting [80 KB] 25/01/2013
President Van Rompuy's remarks following meeting with President Humala and President Santos [91 KB] 27/01/2013
President Barroso's remarks following meeting with President Humala and President Santos 27/01/2013

Speeches:

Speech by the European Council President Herman Van Rompuy at the Opening Ceremony of the EU-CELAC Summit [104 KB] 26/01/2013
Speech by the European Commission President Barroso at the Opening Ceremony of the EU-CELAC Summit 26/01/2013
Speech by the European Council President Herman Van Rompuy at the Closing Ceremony of the EU-CELAC Summit [97 KB] 27/01/2013
Speech by the European Commission President Barroso at the Closing Ceremony of the EU-CELAC Summit 27/01/2013

See Press Coverage:

Interview with the Head of the EU Delegation in Chile Rafael Dochao [938 KB] , Chilean Diario Financiero, 2 January 2013
CELAC – Unión Europea y las disculpas del FMI [89 KB] , Chilean Diario Financiero, 11 January 2013

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Events

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21/01/2013 - Catherine Ashton travels to Latin America
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Seminar "Summit Diplomacy: challenges and opportunities for new regionalisms", 22 February 2013, Brussels [36 KB]