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During the ceremony, held at the Santos Palace, headquarters of the Foreign Ministry, Minister Paganini highlighted the importance that the historical link with the United States represents for Uruguay, and the possibility of integration and cooperation that the signing of this agreement implies.
“This link is of high importance because we share the values ??of democracy and freedom, and we are in a context where accelerated technological change raises new issues on the table in which we can cooperate and collaborate,” said Paganini.
Building on the meeting in the Oval Office in June 2023 between President Lacalle Pou and President Biden and the Annual Bilateral Interministerial Dialogue in February 2024 in Washington, DC, the signed MoU demonstrates the commitment shared by the two countries with the advancement of innovation, sustainability and economic opportunities, as well as increased trade. In this way, we will seek to increase cooperation and outline a concrete path to advance the development and deployment of certain critical and emerging technologies.
“At this time when challenges appear every day, being able to sign this highlights a strategic issue which is how to make our technological ecosystem more competitive. We have the opportunity to take a step forward in this line and this MoU provides a framework to value new technologies.”
The MoU launches a bilateral working group that seeks to focus on cooperation in the areas of semiconductors, artificial intelligence, data flows, clean energy, telecommunications, cybersecurity and biotechnology. Within the framework of the bilateral working group, Uruguay and the United States will determine the specific collaborative activities that both countries intend to carry out, among others, the development and execution of an action plan on cutting-edge technology opportunities (ALTO). acronym in English).
