In an interview with EL TIEMPO, Deputy Minister for Multilateral Affairs Mauricio Jaramillo Jassir defended the call for the Fourth Summit between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), to be held on November 9 and 10 in Santa Marta.

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen; the German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz; and the French President, Emmanuel Macron, will not be attending the event.

There are two cancellations that we deeply regret. One is that of Ursula von der Leyen, which comes as a surprise to us, but we understand that, for scheduling reasons, these leaders have a complicated end of the year and traveling to Latin America is not easy. It has also been confirmed that German Chancellor Merz will not be able

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