Event in Panama

  • Mercosur expressed full support to Argentina and Venezuela on Wednesday in Parana.

    PANAMA, 2014/12/18 The documents are particularly strong in support of Argentina as it stands up to “a small group of holders of non-restructured sovereign deficit bonds and express the bloc's most absolute rejection of these holdout funds, whose deeds hinder the succcess of final agreements between debstors and creditors and jeopardises the financial stability of nations.” With reference to the Malvinas/Falkland Islands dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom, the heads of national of full and associate members of Mercosur issued a communiqué reiterating their permanent support to the legitimate interests of the Republic of Argentina in the sovereignty dispute relative to the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands and recalled Resolution 31/49 by the General Assembly of the United Nations which urges both Argentina and the United Kingdom to refrain from taking decisions which entailed the introduction of unilateral modifications to the situation of the islands for as long as said islands are going through the proceedings recommended by the General Assembly.