ALC-UE Summit to Tackle
Food Crisis
World crisis on rising
in food prices that,
like all calamities,
hardest hits poor
people, came into the
agenda of coming
Euro-Latin American
Summit Eurolat during
recent hours.
The addition of that
topic to the agenda of
the fifth Summit of
Latin America and the
Caribbean or European
Union (ALC-UE) was
announced by Foreign
Minister Jose Gracia
Belaunde on Friday, in
the middle of much
international concern on
the rising food crisis.
The topic is to be
tackled as main in the
summit, despite not
appearing in the
official agenda, which
only considers the fight
against poverty, social
inclusion, climatic
change and energy
problems, the Minister
indicated.
It is a subject that has
acquired particular
seriousness in the last
months, "Garcia Belaunde
indicated in a visit to
the Museum of the
Nation, to headquarter
the Summit to take place
on Friday and Saturday.
Food crisis has emerged
due to food shortage and
the increase of food
prices, worsened by the
abandonment of food
harvesting to dedicate
earth to produce
consumptions for
bio-combustible.
Another point to tackle,
not present in the
agenda, but present in
the Summit will be the
conversations between
Colombia and Ecuador, in
search of solutions to
the crisis between both
countries, since the
recent Colombian
military attack to
Ecuadorian territory.
Garcia Belaunde affirmed
that Ecuador Foreign
Minister Jose Valencia
and Colombian Camilo
Reyes will meet here
within the framework of
the Summit, as part of a
process of approach
supported by the
Organization of American
States.
In this event of Heads
of Delegation, to happen
Friday 16, 46 Heads of
State will participate,
on a total of 58
delegations. |
