RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL -Brazil, and Paraguay announced today (9th), in Brasilia, the beginning of negotiations for a mutual automotive agreement.
Brazil has thus convinced its second neighbor after Argentina that cooperation is in the interests of all, indeed of the entire continent.
The information was provided by Brazilian Chancellor Ernesto Araújo after a meeting with Paraguayan Foreign Minister Antonio Rivas Palacios, who arrived in Brazil accompanied by a delegation of government officials from the neighboring country.
For Ernesto Araújo, the two countries “are experiencing a moment of great convergence of policies and world vision. We are in an ideal moment to put into practice a strategic policy for Brazil and Paraguay,” said the Paraguayan foreign minister.
The ministers stressed that one of the landmarks of the good relationship between the two countries is the construction of three bridges between Brazil and Paraguay. The project, according to Ernesto Araújo, will “dramatically increase the connectivity and competitiveness of the regions benefited” by the projects.
For Antonio Palacios, building bridges is important because it means that the two countries have moved from discussions to practice.
He specifically cited the case of the bridge to be built on the Paraguayan side of Itaipu Binacional. This bridge, to be built between the Mato Grosso-South municipality of Porto Murtinho and the Paraguayan city of Carmelo Peralta, will serve as a base for the bio-oceanic road corridor that will connect the Brazilian coast to the Chilean coast.
The highway will pass through central west Brazil and then through the Paraguayan Chaco; from there, the corridor will continue through northwestern Argentina before reaching Chile.