The next negotiation round is scheduled for "the end of February in Brussels", detailed Mendel Goldstein, ambassador for the European Commission for Central America.

Elnuevodiario.com.ni reported that the European block expects to "schedule another meeting, hopefully by the end of April", and "make it to the summit between Latin America and the European Union (May 18th, Madrid), with the text approved".

Source: elnuevodiario.com.ni

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