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Welcome to
the V Latin America, the Caribbean and the
European Union Summit (LAC-EU)

PRESIDENT GARCIA
OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES THE V SUMMIT OF HEADS OF
STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF LATIN AMERICA, THE
CARIBBEAN AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
LAC-EU
The summit will take place on
May 16 and will gather 60 European and Latin
American Heads of State and Government in
Lima

The President of Peru, Dr.
Alan García Pérez, officially launched today at
the Palace of Government the V Summit of Heads
of State and Government of Latin America, the
Caribbean and the European Union (LAC-EU) that
will take place on May 16 in Peru, and that for
the first time will bring together 60 heads of
state and government of Europe, Latin America
and the Caribbean to address topics of interest
for Peru and the nations of the two regions.

The ceremony was attended by
the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru,
Ambassador José A. García-Belaunde, and the
Chairman of the Summit’s High Level Commission,
Ricardo Vega-Llona.

The V Summit of Heads of State
and Government of Latin America, the Caribbean
and the European Union will take place from May
13 to 17 at the National Museum where a modern
Convention Center will be set up to host the
Heads of State of 33 Latin American and
Caribbean countries and 27 from the European
Union who will examine specific initiatives on
the two major themes of the meeting, “Poverty,
inequality and inclusion” and “Sustainable
Development: the environment, climate change and
energy.”

The Meetings of Ministers of
Foreign Affairs and of High Ranking Officials of
Government, as well as the II LAC-EU
Entrepreneurial Meeting, will take place before
the Heads of State summit.

The V Summit of Heads of State
and Government of Latin America, the Caribbean
and the European Union LAC-EU is of utmost
important for Peru and Latin American countries
because of the European Union’s condition as the
globe’s most sound and solid political and
economic bloc, that is also a major partner of
Latin America and the Caribbean, and the largest
single source of foreign investment in Peru. It
is additionally the largest source of
non-reimbursable multilateral cooperation. In
the last decade, the European Union has
contributed 420 million euros to social
projects, in addition to cooperation for
development provided by its individual member
countries.

It is noteworthy that relations
between the two continents have improved
significantly in the last thirty years. Latin
America, the Caribbean and the European Union
share values like respect for human rights,
democratic principles and multilateralism.

Lima, January 24, 2008

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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