Bolivia Defends Resources before CAN
The Bolivian government highlighted on Monday the need to defend natural resources, one of the core issues of the 17th Summit of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN), to be held in this city from June 13-14.

According to the Republic s Vice president Alvaro Garcia the strategy to be shown in that forum includes State actions to recover sectors like energy and telecommunications.

Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia s sovereign decision about their most important sectors and the ways to market them will be two of the core subjects of the forum, he said.

Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca said an integral CAN should encourage social projects and be less focused on trade.

In this reference, he highlighted agreements in environmental defense, social development, customs, trade, statistics control, and others.

Collaboration in health, education, migration, and labor rights is also important, he said.

Choquehuanca announced that the forum s agenda includes meetings of Foreign Trade and Foreign Affairs ministers, and a meeting of dignitaries.