He will also attend the Meeting of the Executive Technical Groups (GTE) for Cosiplan’s Project Portfolio Update, on Thursday 9 and Friday 10, to be also held in Montevideo.

According to a resolution of Peru’s Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) released on Sunday, which authorizes the deputy minister’s trip, the meeting aims to assess progress and reschedule activities from August to November of 2012 and start the process of formulating a work plan for 2013.

The meeting aims to approve a new calendar of activities, define the venues for the meetings and establish the shared responsibilities of the Rotating Presidency of the countries and of the Technical Coordination Committee (CCT) of the Initiative for South American Regional infrastructure Interconnection (IIRSA) in organizing the events.

The ministry highlighted the importance of the participation of its delegation to preside the meeting’s secretariat, and of its representatives to support Peru’s position on the agenda.

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