During the first visit of a Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom in Peru in more than 50 years, Boris Johnson and the Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra traveled to Iquitos where they managed to secure new areas of mutual collaboration between both nations.
From Iquitos, Secretary of State Boris Johnson and Peruvian Foreign Minister Néstor Popolizio announced Peru’s commitment to the measures established in the signing of the 2014 London Declaration on wildlife trafficking, informed the British Embassy in Peru in a press release.
Also, Chancellor Popolizio and Boris Johnson witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between CONCYTEC and the United Kingdom Environment Research Council (NERC) for the launch of the Newton Biodiversity Fund Program for Latin America, which will finance regional research on biodiversity, specifically ecosystem services for sustainable development in Peru, Brazil, Chile and Argentina.
“The United Kingdom is providing £4.5 million ($6 million US dollars) through the Newton Fund with co-financing from CONCYTEC to support the participation of Peruvian researchers”, the press release informed.
In addition, Johnson and his Peruvian counterpart inaugurated a sustainable energy project at the community school in Santa Marta, near Iquitos, which now has access to solar energy and drinking water thanks to the Prosperity Fund of the United Kingdom.
Among other agreements reached, Johnson announced the creation of a Public-Private Infrastructure Working Table to help Peru to address the $160 billion US dollar infrastructure gap working together to improve their main project delivery mechanisms and introduce greater transparency in Peru, as well as the opening of a MACE office (a British construction firm) that will support the country’s infrastructure development needs.
(Source: British Embassy Press Release)
(Cover Photo: British Embassy Press Release)
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