Peru's Foreign Minister Eda Rivas, Chile's Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno, Colombia's Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin and Mexico's Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade pose for a photo during a meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Pacific Alliance in Mexico City. Photo:ANDINA/Cancilleria de México
10:05 | Lima, Jan. 11 (ANDINA).
The governments of Peru and Colombia have formally agreed to share embassy offices in Vietnam and Ghana, as part of ongoing efforts to promote integration in the Pacific Alliance bloc, which also includes Chile and Mexico.
The agreement was signed Friday by Peruvian Foreign Minister Eda Rivas and her Colombian counterpart Maria Angela Holguin, on the sidelines of a Pacific Alliance meeting in Mexico City.
The accord paves the way for Peruvian embassy representation at the Colombian embassy in Ghana, while Colombia will be allowed to use Peru's embassy in Vietnam.
On Friday, the foreign ministers of Peru, Colombia, Chile and Mexico took part in a panel discussion at the 25th Annual Meeting of Mexican Ambassadors and Consuls.
According to the Mexican Foreign Ministry, the event was an opportunity to exchange views on the integration process of the Pacific Alliance and discuss its economic, political and social benefits.
Pacific Alliance
Created in June 2012, the Pacific Alliance is a mechanism for political and economic coordination as well as cooperation and integration among its four member nations.
Its goal is to create an area of deep integration that promotes greater growth, development and competitiveness of the participating economies through the progressive search for free movement of goods, services, capital and people.
The Pacific Alliance brings together a population of 209 million people with a GDP of 2 billons US dollars, which represents 35% of GDP in Latin America.
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Published: 1/11/2014