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URUGUAYAN VICE-PRESIDENT TO VISIT CANADA
May 28, 1999 (10:15 a.m. EDT) No. 122
URUGUAYAN VICE-PRESIDENT TO VISIT CANADA
International Trade Minister Sergio Marchi today announced that Uruguay's Vice-President, Hugo Fernández
Faingold, will visit Canada from May 29 to June 4, 1999, accompanied by a delegation of officials and business
people.
"Uruguay is one of Canada's close partners in the hemisphere, with bilateral trade showing solid growth over the
past several years," said Minister Marchi. "Mr. Fernández Faingold's visit to Canada is an excellent opportunity to
build stronger ties between our two countries."
During his talks with Mr. Fernández Faingold, Minister Marchi will discuss the outlook for expanding trade between
the two countries in such areas as the environmental sector, mining, forestry and telecommunications. Canada's
relations with Mercosur, the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), and parliamentary relations among the
countries of the hemisphere will be covered in other official talks.
Vice-President Fernández Faingold will be a guest speaker at the fifth Conférence de Montréal, which is focussing
this year on the Americas in the 21st century. There he will meet with Human Resources Development Minister
Pierre Pettigrew, as well as with members of the business community.
In Ottawa, Mr. Fernández Faingold will meet with Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray and Senate Speaker Gildas L.
Molgat. A bilateral accord on social security and an agreement between the Export Development Corporation
(EDC) and the Mortgage Bank of Uruguay will be signed during the visit.
Mr. Fernández Faingold will end his Canadian visit in Toronto, where he will meet with Canadian importers, brokers
and business delegations.
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For further information, media representatives may contact:
Leslie Swartman
Office of the Minister for International Trade
(613) 992-7332
Media Relations Office
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(613) 995-1874
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