On July 6, 2021, I assumed duties as Ambassador of Uruguay in India with attendance in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This appointment represents a great professional challenge in my extensive diplomatic career and a call to continue expanding and deepening Uruguay’s relations with the most populated democracy in the world.

Since 1948, Uruguay and India – the starting point of diplomatic relations – have been building a solid bond that has reached more than 75 years of uninterrupted diplomatic relations.

Throughout all these years, the bilateral relationship has acquired greater dynamism, with high-level visits from authorities in one country or another, a convergent political dialogue, approval of bilateral instruments on a wide range of issues of common interest, greater trade and a bet on Indian investments in Uruguay.

My objectives as Head of the Embassy in New Delhi are clear and pragmatic. We will support a hierarchy of political dialogue (in matters of democracy, human rights, gender equality and the environment); greater positioning of Uruguayan products and services in the Indian market; the diversification of our exportable offer; the loyalty and attraction of new Indian investments towards our country; the technological improvement of the services of the Embassy and Consulate that ensure more procedures in digital format for our compatriots in this jurisdiction as well as the strengthening of the link with the dynamic Uruguayan diaspora.