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French President cancelled his attendance at EU-LAC Summit

(LIP-do) -- French president Nicolas Sarkozy cancelled his attendance at the V European Union-Latin America and Caribbean (EU-LAC) Summit to be held on May 16 -17 due to the French government's preparations to hold the European Union presidency. French government made this announcement after an interview given by Sarkozy to a group of journalists in which he made a review of his first year of administration. However, EU-LAC organizers said they have not received any official news about Sarkozy’s cancelled visit.

European Parliament’s opinion about MRTA must not affect EU-LAC Summit

(LIP-do) -- Peruvian minister of Defense, Ántero Flores Aráoz, said today that the European Parliament’s decision of not including the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) in the European list of terrorist groups must not affect the V Summit of European Union, Latin American and the Caribbean (EU-LAC). “This must not affect such an important summit which will lead us to progress in our economic relations with the European continent and will put Latin America and Peru on the map of modernity”, he said in a national TV program. Flores-Aráoz added that the European Parliament has only issued a non-binding opinion which does not change MRTA's terrorist nature, a leftist guerrilla that shows their ongoing seditious activity in their website. He considered that the European Parliament’s decision must not be exaggerated, although he admitted that this decision has not been well-received by Peruvians.

“Healthy restaurants” in San Borja to join gastronomic circuit during EU-LAC and APEC Summits

(LIP-do) -- Ten restaurants of the Limeñan district of San Borja were named “Healthy Restaurants” and will join the gastronomic circuit promoted during V EU-LAC Summit to be held on May 16 in the National Museum, and the XVI APEC Forum which will take place from November 16 to 23 in the headquarters of the Peruvian Army. The "Healthy Restaurant" certification means that the above-mentioned restaurants offer total safety guarantees, after having passed all the Ministry of Health and Municipality of San Borja's requirements, during the evaluation process. The restaurants will present their dishes during an event which will be held on April 30, with a presentation of Peruvian food and dances. The restaurants that participate in this event have special national and international cuisine: criolla, Japanese, Korean and Italian food, fish and seafood and the traditional “pollo a la brasa”, a Peruvian roasted chicken.


News Source: Andina