RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Toshimitsu Motegi, met this Friday with his Guatemalan counterpart, Pedro Brolo, to address bilateral issues as part of his three-day visit to the Central American country.
The Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on Friday’s meeting at the headquarters of the local Foreign Ministry, a few kilometers from the center of Guatemala City.
Motegi arrived on Thursday in the country presided by Alejandro Giammattei at the beginning of a tour of Central America and the Caribbean until July 21. He will also visit Panama, Cuba, and Jamaica.
The visit has been cataloged as historic by the authorities of both countries for being the first visit of a Japanese foreign minister to Guatemala in 34 years.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Guatemalan Foreign Ministry informed this Friday that it initiated an investigation of the country’s consul general in Los Angeles, USA, Tekandi Paniagua, for the alleged diversion of donations last year for victims of hurricanes Eta and Iota.
The Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs assured that its Internal Audit Unit would audit the apparent “irregular handling” by the Guatemalan Consulate General in Los Angeles, United States, of donations made to support communities affected by the hurricanes.
Tekandi Paniagua. (Photo internet reproduction)
“Two officials from the Ministry’s Internal Audit Unit have been instructed to immediately report to the consulate, who arrived yesterday to verify and make an ‘in situ verification of the case and the status of said donation, so it is expected that in the coming days this team will send a report,” the Foreign Ministry said in a press release.
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UK shares COP26 objectives with SICA countries
Ambassador Whittingham attended the virtual opening of the French – Central American talks on climate change, organized by the Government of France, the Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the countries of the System of Central American Integration (SICA).
Speaking on behalf of the COP26 Presidency, Ambassador Nick Whittingham said:
The UK will host COP26 in Glasgow in November this year. As COP26 President, we will accelerate progress towards achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement through increased ambition in Adaptation, Mitigation and Finance.
The UK made significant announcements under each of these pillars at the Climate Ambition Summit in December 2020, and we are encouraging other Parties to do the same. We were pleased to see so many SICA member Heads of State speak at the Climate Ambition Summit, and to see the rising climate ambition across the region.
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