He President Gustavo Petro He traveled to Sweden on Tuesday night, their first stop on a six-day international trip that has world peace as its central theme.
He Thursday, June 13, will be your first day on the agenda. and the first thing he will do is rmeet with the 26 ambassadors of Colombia in Europewith the aim of reviewing progress in cooperation and other tasks that have been assigned to them.
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Subsequently, Petro will visit the emblematic ARC Gloria Ship, a ship of the Colombian Navy that is passing through the Nordic country. Cultural, artistic, gastronomic exhibitions and business opportunities for artisans, entrepreneurs and designers, among others, are scheduled there.
“165 crew members arrive, including 73 students from the Almirante Padilla Naval Cadet School, who carry out their instruction and training cruise as part of their training to be future Officers of the Colombian Navy. This journey, which began last March 1 in Cartagena, has already traveled more than 10 thousand nautical miles and more than 100 days of navigation, in which it has visited six ports in the United States and Europe”explained the Navy.
Fairly, The Gloria Ship will be the meeting point of the Colombian head of state with the Swedish Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson. Both leaders will hold a bilateral meeting that aims to strengthen diplomatic relations between both countries, which this year celebrate 150 years. The signing of several memoranda of understanding is planned there.
In addition to a meeting with the Colombian community in Sweden, The president will close the day with an important meeting with businessman Marcus Wallenberg and a dinner with the Wallenberg business group.
He Friday, June 14, Petro will speak at the forum ‘Transformed lives, human security, and Total Peace’, at the Swedish Defense University. He will also have lunch with King Carl XVI Gustaf at the Royal Palace- Kungliga.
Later Petro will travel with his entire delegation to Switzerlandheadquarters of the peace summit on Ukraine, an event to which more than 90 countries have confirmed attendance and where the bilateral meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart would take place, Volodymyr Zelensky.
The president’s entourage
The president of Colombia travels in the company of the director of the Administrative Department of the Presidency, Laura Sarabia; the Minister of ScienceYesenia Olayaand the presidential advisor for Private Enterprise, Juan Fernandez. They are already in Swedish territory. Chancellor Luis Gilberto Murillo and the first lady, Verónica Alcocer.
Besides, Several businessmen were invited, including Rafael Olivella, vice president of Corporate Affairs of Grupo Argos.; Juan Mira, vice president of Corporate Relations of the Ardila Lülle Organization; Joaquín Losada, president of Fanalca; and Gabriel Gilinski.
As projected, Petro would return to Colombia next Monday.
