LATIN AMERICA PROMOTES MULTIPOLAR WORLD: MEDVEDEV

COMMENTARY ARCHIVES, 20 Dec 2008

Jorge Petinaud

President Dmitri Medvedev ratified today [Dec 18] that Russian presence in Latin America and the Caribbean, together with key partners in the subcontinent respond to Russian Federation´s political will.

It´s not a temporal factor, but an option assumed consciously, he assured after signing a joint political declaration with his Nicaraguan peer, Daniel Ortega, in the Kremlin Malakite hall.

Russia perceives Latin American and Caribbean nations as an important actor of the international political process and one of the promoting centers of the multipolar world, he added corresponding to the contents of the sealed document after bilateral talks.

The Eurasian head of State advocated to strengthening unity and integration in the nations of that area of the planet and, in particular, he reiterated interest in the projects of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of our America (ALBA).

In the text, the parties welcomed the results of the First Summit of Latin American and Caribbean Countries, recently ended in Brazil.

In reference to Nicaragua, Medvedev backed the efforts of that country as part of the format of the Central American Integration System (SICA).

On this issue, the signatories committed to boost exchanges as part of a memorandum of understanding to establish a mechanism of dialogue between Russia and that bloc.

Medvedev announced his support to the initiative of holding a meeting of Foreign Ministers of Russia and SICA in the first half of 2009.

He welcomed the Nicaraguan proposal to study the feasibility of Russia´s public and private sector participating in the construction of an inter-oceanic channel through its territory for deep-draft ships.

This project should be regulated by International Law and we are pleased that Managua invites the Russian Federation and other states, said Medvedev.

The Kremlin chief informed having received an invitation from Ortega to visit Nicaragua, which he accepted and agreed that the best date is set through diplomatic channels.

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