Positive Signals in EU Negotiations

They were suspended in June 2009, due to the Honduran political crisis, but could be resumed soon.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Rigoberto Monge, responsible for negotiating international treaties on behalf of the Salvadoran private sector, commented on the latest statements by some EU institutions.

"The latest statement by the European Economic and Social Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean highlighted the Central American process, recognizing it as the one showing most progress", reported Laprensagrafica.com.

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El Salvador Will Participate in Upcoming EU Negotiations

May 2010

The Economy Ministry denied allegations that El Salvador would be absent from the next negotiation round of the Association Agreement with the European Union.

The statement by Hector Dada comes a few days after Daniel Ortega, Nicaraguan president, said that both his country and El Salvador would not participate in the next round.

EU and CA to Resume Negotiations

February 2010

Negotiators from Central America and the European Union are gathered in Brussels, deciding how to restart the negotiations for an association agreement.

Such negotiations were suspended by the EU in July 2009, after the Honduran political crisis.

Website SigloXXI.com reports: “Spain, who holds the presidency of the European Union, remarked that both the elections and the fact that Porfirio Lobo was sworn in as the new President of Honduras, have ‘paved the way’ for the EU to normalize its relations with the Central American country, in order to resume the negotiations for a bilateral association agreement”.

EU Requests to Resume Negotiations with C.A.

December 2009

The European Union has requested Central America to resume negotiations for an Association Agreement.

While gathering at Brussels, EU's foreign relationships ministers remarked the council's intention of concluding the negotiation process for an association agreement with Central America.

EU Has Trouble Reaching Agreements with Latin American Blocs

April 2009

The problematic attempts by the European Union to reach trade agreements with Mercosur and CAN are bad precedents.

The Association Agreement between Central America and Europe, interrupted in Honduras yesterday when the Nicaraguan negotiators left what was the seventh round of negotiations between the parties, adds itself as unfinished business to the others Europe is attempting to negotiate with the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR), comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay and the Andean Community of Nations (CAN).

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