MERCOSUR Regular Meeting and Summit Postponed

MERCOSUR Regular Meeting and Summit Postponed Asuncion, Jul 9. -Paraguay has informed that the 39th Regular Meeting of the Council and the Summit of Presidents of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) and Associate States, slated for next month in Argentina, have been postponed.

A brief note of the General Information Office of the Uruguayan Presidency indicates that the meeting of presidents was originally scheduled to be held on July 15-16 in the Civic Center of San Juan province, in northwestern Argentina, bordering Chile.

The document says that the gatherings will be held in the same venue and the pro tempore presidency of MERCOSUR (Argentine President Cristina Fernandez) will inform timely on new dates for these gatherings.(Prensa Latina)