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This event aims to identify mechanisms to address the difficulties that impede increased trade between our regions, including logistical and regulatory issues, as well as problems of awareness of the existing opportunities.

Information on the event

Date: December 8, 2021
Time: 9:00am-1:00pm Caracas | 4:00pm-8:00pm Moscow
Languages: Spanish, Russian and English
Platform: Zoom (speakers and guests), YouTube (general public)
Registration formhttps://bit.ly/3piTJRV

Agenda

Moderator: Askar Japparkulov, Director of the Macroeconomic Policy Department, Eurasian Economic Commission

9:00 – 10:00 a. m.
(Caracas Time)

4:00 – 5:00 p. m.
(Moscow Time)

Welcoming address:

  • Sergei Glazyev, Member of the Board, Minister in charge of Integration and Macroeconomics, Eurasian Economic Commission
  • Clarems Endara Vera, Permanent Secretary, Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
  • Dmitriy Belov, Deputy Director of the Latin American Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
  • Guillermo Daniel Ortega Reyes, Representative of Nicaragua, President of la Central American Parliament (PARLACEN)
  • Eduardo Espinoza, Director General for Economic Integration and Trade and Transport Facilitation of the Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA)

10:00 – 10:15 a. m.
(Caracas Time)

5:00 – 5:15 p. m.
(Moscow Time)

    Coffee break


10:15 – 11:15 a. m.
(Caracas Time)

5:15 – 6:15 p. m.
(Moscow Time)


Thematic Presentations

  • Tatyana Mashkova, Director General, National Committee for the Promotion of Economic Cooperation with Latin America
    Topic: “Trade and economic cooperation between Russia and the LAC countries: the major obstacles and ways to overcome them.
    A comprehensive approach to solving acute problems”
  • Jorge Raúl García Tuñón, President, Argentine-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACIAR)
    Topic: “Lessons from the history of relations between Eurasia and Latin America: Conditions for greater economic integration”
  • Dmitri Razumovsky, Director, Institute of Latin American Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
    Topic: “Promising areas of cooperation between Russia and the LAC countries”
  • Viktor Sheremetker, Trade Representative of the Russian Federation in the Federative Republic of Brazil
    Topic: “Topical issues of Russian-Brazilian Cooperation”


11:15 – 11:30 a. m.
(Caracas Time)

18:15 – 18:30
(Moscow Time)


    Coffee break


11:30 – 12:30 p. m.
(Caracas Time)

6:30 – 7:30 p. m.
(Moscow Time)


Thematic Presentations

  • Mónica Ayala, Chief, Department of Cooperation and Formation, Latin American Association of Economic Integration (ALADI)
    Topic: “Mechanisms to promote commerce with Latin American Small and Medium Enterprise”
  • Natalia Zhukova, Director of the Department for Sanitary, Phytosanitary and Veterinary Measures, Eurasian Economic Commission
    Topic: “Sanitary, veterinary and quarantine phytosanitary measures and consumer rights protection in the Eurasian Economic Union”
  • Leonardo Oscar Mascitelli, Vice-president, Argentine-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACIAR)
    Topic: “The WTO’s SPS Agreement and international commerce in agri-foods”
  • Marina Selivanova, Deputy Head of the Customs Legislation Section, Eurasian Economic Commission
    Topic: “Customs regulation in the Eurasian Economic Union”
  • Jan Hoffmann – Head, Trade Logistics Branch, Division on Technology and Logistics, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
    Topic: “Findings of the Review of Maritime Transport 2021”

12:30 – 12:50 p. m.
(Caracas Time)

7:30 – 7:50 p. m.
(Moscow Time)

Closing remarks

  • Askar Japparkulov, Director of the Macroeconomic Policy Department, Eurasian Economic Commission
  • Oscar Hernandez, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation, Latin American and Caribbean Economic System. 
Buffet (invitation only)
Contact

Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU):

Larissa Plachinda
First Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Guatemala
plachinda@mid.ru

Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA):

Alberto Delgado
Analyst of Relations for Integration and Cooperation
adelgado@sela.org

Documents

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean/Eurasian Economic Commission (ECLAC/EAEU) (2021), “The Eurasian Economic Union & Latin America and the Caribbean: A Transcontinental Partnership,” Mexico City.

Eurasian Economic Commission (2021), “La UEEA y América Latina y el Caribe: Asociaciones Transfronterizas,” Moscow.

Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) (2019), “Final Report: Seminar on Eurasian Economic Union and Latin America and the Caribbean: Cooperation for Greater Regional Integration,” Caracas.

Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) (2019), “Speech by Ambassador Óscar Hernández, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA),” Caracas.

Eurasian Economic Commission (2021), “Long Distances, Great Prospects: Cooperation between the EAEU and Latin America and the Caribbean Reaches a New Level,” Moscow.