For more than five years, summits, meetings, declarations, and acts have at regular intervals followed one after another, but the bi-regional strategic partnership proclaimed in Rio de Janeiro in July 1999 is progressing laboriously and has yet to find expression in substantial practical achievements in the political, economic, trade, and social spheres.
For more than five years, summits, meetings, declarations, and acts have at regular intervals followed one after another, but the bi-regional strategic partnership proclaimed in Rio de Janeiro in July 1999 is progressing laboriously and has yet to find expression in substantial practical achievements in the political, economic, trade, and social spheres.