Latin American, African
Leaders Urge
Speedup Of Integration At Summit
Porlamar, Venezuela -
Latin American and African leaders urged
rapid integration of both regions at the
second Africa-South America Summit (ASA)
which began here on Saturday.
At the inauguration ceremony, Libyan leader
Muammar Gadhafi called on leaders who
attended the summit to transform the world
that unites them.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged the
speedup of the ASA regional integration.
"We must give strategic vision and
feasibility to the idea of integrating South
America and Africa with the structuring and
implementation of a working agenda for the
2010-2020 period," he said.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva said that ASA member countries had
achieved concrete results since the 1st ASA
Summit in Abuja in 2006.
"The South-South cooperation is the tool to
build a fairer world," Lula said.
Fifteen African and six Latin American
leaders have attended the two-day summit.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da
Silva speaks at the second Africa-South
America (ASA) Summit in Margarita,
Venezuela, Sept. 26, 2009. The two-day
second summit of Africa-South America (ASA)
opened on the Venezuelan resort island on
Saturday with calls for concrete measures to
accelerate the integration of the two
regions. |
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