The president of the United States, Donald Trump , called the Uruguayan president, Luis Lacalle Pou, who assumed the presidency of the country on March 1. “It was a courtesy call that President Trump made to President Lacalle and it was a private conversation, so I don’t have many details to be able to communicate to them,” said Uruguayan Foreign Minister Ernesto Talvi. “The idea is to try, one, through Mercosur, to point to the possibility of comprehensive and comprehensive treaties, but notwithstanding this, activate the negotiating groups of Uruguay and the United States so that relations between both countries can acquire a more dynamic intense than until now, ”said Talvi.
— Judd Deere (@JuddPDeere45) March 9, 2020 Both the US president and the Uruguayan president emphasized the need for the United States and Uruguay to build a new partnership based on shared democratic values and the deepening of diplomatic and economic relations. The idea is that through Mercosur aim at the possibility of reaching “comprehensive and comprehensive” treaties, Talvi said. The foreign minister opted to reactivate the negotiating groups of Uruguay and the United States so that relations between the two countries “can acquire a more intense dynamic than the one that has been having so far.” Judd Deere, Trump’s special assistant , used social media to also refer to the communication of both presidents. According to Deere, Lacalle Pou and Trump discussed “the need for both countries to create a new alliance based on shared democratic values and a deeper diplomatic and economic relationship.”
