PERU AND VENEZUELA - OF THE OTHER PART
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
OF THE ONE PART , AND
THE COMMISSION OF THE CARTAGENA AGREEMENT AND THE GOVERNMENTS OF BOLIVIA , COLOMBIA , ECUADOR , PERU AND VENEZUELA ,
OF THE OTHER PART ,
BEARING IN MIND THE JOINT DECLARATION MADE BY THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF THE CARTAGENA AGREEMENT MEMBER COUNTRIES AND OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ON 5 MAY 1980 ;
AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE TRADITIONAL BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE CARTAGENA AGREEMENT AND THE MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE CONSOLIDATED AND STRENGTHENED ;
REAFFIRMING THEIR JOINT RESOLVE TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS MADE BY THE CARTAGENA AGREEMENT AND BY THE COMMUNITY TO ENCOURAGE THE SETTING UP AND STRENGTHENING OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTENDED TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC GROWTH , SOCIAL PROGRESS AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT , AT THE SAME TIME INTRODUCING A FACTOR OF EQUILIBRIUM INTO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ;
RECOGNIZING THAT THE CARTAGENA AGREEMENT IS A SUBREGIONAL INTEGRATION ORGANIZATION MADE UP OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THAT IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE EXISTENCE OF RELATIVELY LESS-DEVELOPED AND LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES ;
DESIROUS OF CONTRIBUTING , AS FAR AS THEIR RESPECTIVE HUMAN , INTELLECTUAL AND PHYSICAL RESOURCES ALLOW , TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW PHASE IN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION BASED ON EQUALITY , JUSTICE AND PROGRESS ;
RESOLVED TO DEEPEN , EXTEND AND DIVERSIFY THEIR ECONOMIC AND TRADE RELATIONS AND ALSO THEIR RELATIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT SPHERE ;
AWARE THAT THE PURSUIT OF THESE OBJECTIVES ARISES FROM THE NEED FOR AS EXTENSIVE COOPERATION AS POSSIBLE WHICH , IN THE TWO PARTIES' MUTUAL INTEREST , SHOULD COVER ALL ECONOMIC AND TRADE ACTIVITIES AND INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT ;
CONVINCED THAT THIS COOPERATION MUST BE PLACED IN A PRAGMATIC FRAMEWORK WHICH WILL ENABLE IT TO EVOLVE IN STEP WITH EACH PARTY'S POLICIES ;
CONSIDERING THAT IT CAN CONTRIBUTE , AT WORLD AND REGIONAL LEVELS , TO A MORE HARMONIOUS AND BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE , AND TO A MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION AND MORE APPROPRIATE USE OF DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES AND POTENTIAL ;
AWARE THAT SUCH COOPERATION WILL BE ACHIEVED , IN A NON-PREFERENTIAL FRAMEWORK , BETWEEN EQUAL PARTNERS , ACCOUNT BEING TAKEN OF THE DIFFERING DEGREES OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRIES OF THE CARTAGENA AGREEMENT AND OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMUNITY ;
HAVE DECIDED TO CONCLUDE THIS AGREEMENT AND TO THIS END HAVE DESIGNATED AS THEIR PLENIPOTENTIARIES :
FOR THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
YANNIS CHARALAMBOPOULOS
PRESIDENT-IN-OFFICE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC ;
WILHELM HAFERKAMP
VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;
FOR THE COMMISSION OF THE CARTAGENA AGREEMENT :
IVAN RIVERA
PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION OF THE CARTAGENA AGREEMENT , MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY , TOURISM AND INTEGRATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF PERU ;
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOLIVIA :
JOSE ORTIZ MERCADO
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS ;
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF