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The President of the Council of Ministers Mirtha Vasquez highlighted that during the VI Peru-Colombia Binational Cabinet priority issues that generate development impact will be addressed not only in both countries but throughout the region. These words were offered during the presentation of the thematic axis Social Affairs and Governance in the plenary of the Presidential Meeting and VI Binational Cabinet Peru - Colombia which took place in the community of Villa de Leyva located in the department of Boyac in Colombia. The delegation was chaired by the Head of State Pedro Castillo Terrones and also comprised of the President of the Council of Ministers as well as the Ministers of Foreign Affairs Oscar Martua Foreign Trade and Tourism Roberto Snchez Palomino of the Environment Rubn Ramrez Mateo of Education Rosendo Serna Romn of Defense Juan Manuel Carrasco Millions and Health Hernando Cevallos. Vsquez Chuquiln emphasized that one of the main points addressed was social issues with special attention to the economic aspect and the fight against poverty with an intercultural approach. We have tried to generate actions in the fight against poverty to banish problems that surely arise in both countries and especially in our borders banish child labor generating a series of exchanges and experiences he said. Likewise he highlighted the joint effort between Peru and Colombia regarding the return to face-to-face classes and the recovery of learning in the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as to achieve the improvement of educational quality.We have the aspect of education that now also unites us post-pandemic. Our fundamental objective is not only how we improve educational quality but also how we recover learning after more than two years in which we have had to confine ourselves and therefore marginalize the poorest from education especially the poorest emphasized the premier. The head of the Cabinet specified that another fundamental aspect is the health issue referring to the challenges that are manifested in the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today we want to focus on the issue of health not only the provision of quality health services but also today the pandemic poses greater challenges for us how we advance in the protection of the population how we fight to banish this pandemic and how we generate living conditions for citizens he remarked. For his part the head of state of Peru Pedro Castillo said he hopes that the bilateral agenda between the countries of Peru and Colombia will provide economic and legal stability to the country. In this sense he called on Colombian American and world entrepreneurs to come to Peru and invest without fear. Today we declare war on common enemies such as poverty as well as inequalities at our borders. Teamwork shows that we can face these threats. In his turn the president of Colombia Ivn Duque highlighted the fluid dialogue that reaffirms the ties between the two nations as well as the common agenda that covers issues of trade investment security migration environment and health. He stressed that a follow-up was made to the previous Binational Cabinet held in Pucallpa Peru from which it was evaluated that the level of compliance with the agreements exceeds 85. Joint Declaration Villa de LeyvaThe meeting concluded with the signing of the Villa de Leyva Joint Declaration signed by both leaders. It should be noted that this declaration is made up of 57 points linked to priority issues in the relationship between both countries.The agreements of the Joint Declaration are referred to issues of gender equality and economic empowerment of women as well as addressing all forms of discrimination and gender violence promotion of the economic and social reactivation of the populations cooperation in the fight against the pandemic the fight against transnational organized crime and drug trafficking the fight against illegal mining and other environmental crimes as well as the promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises Mypes implementation of the Leticia Pact for the Amazon and its Action Plan among other aspects. Finally the presidents announced that the VII Peru-Colombia Binational Cabinet will be held in the city of Chota in Cajamarca.
