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EU, Rio Group
Ministerial Meeting in Prague
Prague - Top officials will begin
Monday a two-day debate at Prague Congress
Centre, before the 14th Ministerial Meeting
of Rio Group member countries and the
European Union.
The Czech Republic, holding EU temporary
chairmanship, headquarters the debates, to
mainly tackle the world economic recession,
the cooperation and recovery of the
financial stability.
Experts will first analyze some current
issues before the EU, an economic and
political union of 27 members, and GRIO of
23 meet on Wednesday night for the first
time during the inaugural ceremony of the
encounter.
According to the organizers of the event,
the previous debates will be also focused on
climatic change and renewable energy
sources, considered as a sustainable source
for energy security.
Chilean Minister Mariano Fernandez,
Venezuelan Nicolas Maduro, Peruvian Jose
Garcia Belaunde, Costa Rican Bruno Stagno,
Nicaraguan Samuel Santos and Mexican
Patricia Espinosa, among others are to
participate in the encounter.
Rio Group, presided over by Mexico, consists
of a total of 23 Latin American and
Caribbean countries, will count for the
first time with the presence of Cuba, since
Cuba joined GRIO on Nov. 2008, as well as
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador,
Nicaragua, Mexico, Dominican Republic and
Venezuela.
Besides Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti,
Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
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