During the General Assembly of Colombian flower growers , hold on June 9 , President Iván Duque assured that the industriousness has the full support of the say-so and highlighted its great effort to protect the more than 150,000 formal jobs it engender .
During his speech at the virtual General Assembly , look by around 300 multitude , the Colombian President stated that the Agenda 2030 for the blossom industry was upheld and that he will work with Asocolflores to make it a home scheme , shoot for at results in the short - terminus .
The President emphasized that the agricultural , strange trade and healthful authorities are working to accelerate the Agenda signed between the Government and Asocolflores in February , and said that the contiguous objective is to continue strengthening the North American market , improving trade relations with Japan and increase exports to Europe and China .
Referring to the challenge related to Covid-19 , the President pointed out that " The symbol of the Colombian Flower is the symbol of promise and of our recovery " . He also recognized Asocolflores for its efforts towards the empowerment of rural women and called for solidarity in the business sector to sweep over the difficult spot that Colombia is go bad through as a result of the pandemic . " rent ’s not believe about going back to normal , lease ’s think about becoming practiced " , state the President .
In turn , Augusto Solano , president of Asocolflores , stated that in confront the Coronavirus " Our actions have been guided by this slogan : health as precedency and the economy as necessary " .
The Association ’s leader emphasized that the main challenge facing the sector are to recover shipment to Europe , bring back need from wholesaler in the United States and discover solutions to lower capacity in breeze consignment transport and high costs , due to the decrease in escape and additional cargo with medical chemical element and material as a result of the pandemic .
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