Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Pacific Alliance will evaluate relationship with observer states

Mexico City will host a meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Pacific Alliance, who will assess the external relations of this integration initiative and ponder the work with its Observer States, on Thursday, March 17, 2016.

Currently, there are 42 Observer States in the Pacific Alliance, most of which share working agendas and cooperation projects with the Pacific Alliance in strategic areas such as education, innovation and competitiveness, among others.

The forthcoming meeting will provide an opportunity for ministers to strengthen the work with this group of countries, which is fundamental in order to further the international projection of the Pacific Alliance.

Ministers attending the meeting will be Maria Angela Holguin, from Colombia; Claudia Ruiz Massieu, from Mexico; Ana Maria Sanchez, from Peru; as well as the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Chile, Edgardo Riveros.

Mexico city, March 16th 2016