00:00This Monday, Vice President-elect José Manuel Restrepo and the designated ministers
00:04Mauricio Gómez Amín, from the Ministry of Commerce, and Miguel Gómez Martínez, from the Ministry of Finance, fulfilled
00:08with the first stops of the tour in Washington and New York that they will have during this week.
00:13The delegation of the president-elect, Abelardo de las Priella, intends to strengthen ties
00:18with the banking and government of the United States. The agenda began with a meeting
00:22with the World Bank Group, in which specific issues related to finance were addressed.
00:26of the country and the roadmap with which Priella will move in that matter.
00:30According to a statement from the vice president's team during the meeting, the Colombian delegation
00:35He presented the economic priorities of the incoming administration, while the Bank
00:38World Bank, the International Finance Corporation and the Multilateral Guarantee Agency
00:43Investments presented their proposals for technical and financial support for Colombia.
00:47Furthermore, a fiscal consolidation plan was also outlined at that meeting, in addition
00:51of an economic reactivation plan and the evaluation of financing alternatives
00:55available in the short, medium, and long term. However, this was only a first step.
00:59Ministers Gómez Amin and Gómez Martínez emphasized that in the coming days
01:04Concrete agreements will be signed during a second meeting in Washington.
01:08Furthermore, Monday's events continued with a series of high-level meetings with
01:12The president of the World Bank. Restrepo and the other participated in that meeting.
01:17Minister Gómez Amin, the support of that organization for Colombia and the progress in the
01:21structuring of a comprehensive cooperation and investment package that will be presented
01:25soon alongside the president-elect of Colombia, Abelardo de las Priella, according
01:29They reported. This schedule will continue until Thursday. This was outlined prior to the start.
01:34During this tour, Restrepo and the designated ministers of Finance and Commerce will have meetings with delegations.
01:38from the State Department, the Treasury Department, the Energy Department, the
01:43trade representative offices and the Department of Commerce. The delegation also
01:47She will be received by more than 30 US congressmen, from both the Democratic and Democratic parties.
01:52as Republicans, in addition to meetings with multilateral banks and the Inter-American Development Bank
01:56Development. This agenda will also explore the possibility that the
02:00President Trump or Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend the presidential inauguration
02:04August 7th.
