Belgium–Uruguay relations

Belgium-Uruguay relations

Belgium
Uruguay

Belgium-Uruguay relations are the relations between Belgium and Uruguay. Belgium has an honorary consulate in Montevideo,[1] under the jurisdiction of the Belgian Embassy in Buenos Aires.[2] Uruguay has an embassy in Brussels[3] (the ambassador being also concurrent to Luxembourg).

Trade and investment

There are a series of bilateral agreements linking both countries:

The Belgian company Katoen Natie has an important container handling facility in the Port of Montevideo.[4]

Belgium is becoming a significant trading partner of Uruguay.[5]

Official visits

In 2008, the then Prince Philippe of Belgium visited Uruguay, together with many Belgian entrepreneurs interested in strengthening mutual trade relationships.[6]

In October 2011, Uruguayan President José Mujica paid an official visit to Belgium.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Belgian Consulate in Montevideo
  2. ↑ Belgian Ambassador in Buenos Aires, concurrent to Uruguay (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Embassy of Uruguay in Brussels
  4. ↑ Katoen Natie Terminal TCP
  5. ↑ Uruguayan exports
  6. ↑ "Prince Philippe in Uruguay". La República. 9 October 2008. (Spanish)
  7. ↑ "President Mujica in Belgium, Sweden, Norway, and Germany". La República. 7 October 2011. (Spanish)

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