Russia and El Salvador Assess Collaboration in Political Consultation

Moscow, Nov 5 (Prensa Latina) The sixth meeting of political consultations that Russia and El Salvador will hold today confirms that bilateral relations are becoming stronger, said the deputy foreign minister Carlos Castaneda.

Speaking to about 25 university students from his country studying in Russia, the deputy minister considered important the talks to be held on Thursday with his counterpart and host Sergei Ryabkov, to strengthen those ties.

Castaneda explained that El Salvador currently holds the presidency of the Central American Integration System (SICA), rotating for a semester for the eight states that make up the integration structure. He stressed that his small country speaks today as a region representing 55 million people and 574 thousand square kilometers, 'which allows us to enter into political, economic and financial relations with other blocs established in the world'.

He recalled that on June 3rd, 1992, Moscow and San Salvador established diplomatic relations, and defined the current Salvadoran foreign policy as open to the world without ideological bias.

Commenting on November 4th, Day of Unity of the Peoples of Russia, he congratulated the members of the cultural group Grenada, present in the evening, and the first ambassador of El Salvador in the Eurasian state, Claudia Canjura, at the head of the diplomatic delegation since it opened on October 18th, 2012, for her birthday.

Castaneda spoke to students about the agenda of President Salvador Sanchez Ceren, which includes three main areas: a safe, educated and productive country, concepts which according to the source encompass the actions of the nation right now.

He said that along with the Ambassador he participated in the Sixth Conference of the States Parties at the UN Convention Against Corruption, being held in San Petersburg since 2nd until tomorrow. There we explained that our state placed access to information, accountability and strengthening of anti-corruption measures at all levels of government, he added.

The deputy minister mentioned as 'good news' the approval of a law that sets a contribution of five percent from companies with net profits of over half a million dollars to strengthen security, which he called 'one of the stones in the country's shoe'.

Castaneda acknowledged the existence of threats and challenges, but was optimistic about the prospects of building the nation that the Salvadorans need, with peace and public security, the purpose for which the students are needed.

Source: plenglish.com