Speaking to Brazilian companies, the Salvadoran president, Mauricio Funes, encouraged them to see his country as a port of entry to a market with 540 million inhabitants.
The leader indicated that El Salvador has the infrastructure necessary to become a logistical and distribution center to access Central and North American markets, as well as possessing expert business knowledge of those markets, which it is willing to share.
The United States agreed to cooperate and fund social projects, migratory topics and security.
In a press conference, presidents Mauricio Funes and Barack Obama announced a new era of cooperation between both countries.
“United States wants to be an egalitarian partner for El Salvador. We want to support our common interests with mutual respect’, stated Obama after meeting with Funes”, reported Laprensagrafica.com.
The Association of Peruvian Exporters will hold meetings with entrepreneurs from El Salvador to increase bilateral trade.
The president of the Association of Peruvian Exporters (Adex), José Luis Silva Martinot, is visiting El Salvador to promote the importation of Salvadoran products to his country.
According to the web portal Elsalvador.com, "It was highlighted that Peru has a lot of interest in buying traditional agricultural products, such as sugar, chemicals and derivatives of paper and cardboard, tuna, cereals, fertilizers, natural juices, cookies, and medicines, from El Salvador."
The US Vice President promised to listen to the problems of Central America, but nothing more
Inaugurating a new era in US relations with the region, Vice President Joseph Biden showed the willingness of the new US administration to listen to Central American governments, but he made it clear that the priority is to restore the economy of the country to the north, insisting that this is the best way to help the economy of these countries.
Both the president-elect of El Salvador and the Chinese government expressed interest in closer ties.
Mauricio Funes, president-elect of El Salvador, said Wednesday that he was interested in exploring the establishment of diplomatic relations and strengthening trade relations with the Asian country.
According to an article by AFP in mipunto.com, the Chinese government indicated its willingness today to "strengthen relations with El Salvador," but it clarified that “any closer ties to El Salvador should be based on the principle that the island of Taiwan is an integral part of Chinese territory."
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