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Together we can make a difference...

A friendship works if there is memory, trust and shared plans for the future. A friendship endures if it manages to overcome crises and setbacks.

This was HR/VP Josep Borrell’s  message to the Latin American & Caribbean partners: together we can make a difference in these challenging times.

The European Union (EU) and the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are essential partners in today’s challenging global context. The two regions have developed one of the densest networks of association, trade, political and cooperation agreements, between the EU and 27 of the 33 LAC countries.

The EU is giving new impetus to the bi-regional partnership with a forward-looking and positive agenda, including the EU and its Member States’ renewed high-level political dialogue with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). The EU-CELAC Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers in Buenos Aires on 27 October 2022 paved the way towards a bi-regional Summit held in Brussels on 17-18 July 2023. The Summit has been and historic encounter after 8 years of break, with a remarkable success in participation from both sides of the Atlantic. It concluded with a forward looking Joint Declaration and a roadmap for 2023-25.

Ahead of the Summit, the HR/VP and the European Commission have adopted a Joint Communication setting out a New Agenda for Relations between the EU and LAC. It proposes a stronger and modernised strategic partnership, through reinforced political engagement, boosting trade and investment, and building more sustainable, fair and inter-connected societies through Global Gateway investments.

The HR/VP Josep Borrell tells us why Latin America & The Caribbean matter to the European Union.

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