The presidential house indicates that the meeting will take place at the Convento de San Francisco in Quito, and adds that the agenda for action includes an exhibition of progress in the four pillars of ADD: cooperation, economic, political and environmental sustainability and the circular economy.
Costa Rica is coordinating the first and the report will be presented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship, Arnoldo Andre, says the news source and adds that after that each of the presidents present will talk about the future prospects of this political consultation mechanism.
After that, the Presidential House indicates, they will hold a meeting with the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Juan Manuel Albares, as well as with other diplomatic representatives in Ecuador, including the US Ambassador Michael Fitzpatrick, to then conclude the high-level meeting.
It is expected that the four member states hope to define the operational structure that ADD will have and formalize the guidelines for its operation.
The Presidential House states that the ADD was created in September 2021 during the UN General Assembly, by the then leaders of Costa Rica, Panama and the Dominican Republic. In June 2022 Ecuador joined. jha/ale
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