President Cortizo Cohen meets with investors from the Irving Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

The President of the Republic, Laurentino Cortizo Cohen, on his first day of the work tour in Texas, United States, met with a group of more than 20 investors and entrepreneurs from the Irving Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and witnessed the Signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Energy Transfer company to study the viability of joint participation in a Trans-Panama Gateway Pipeline project.

 

At the Irving Hispanic Chamber of Commerce meeting, approaches were made to develop a frequent air cargo route between Dallas and Panama; promote energy transfer, support the local livestock sector; establish a flight route to Panama for the low-cost airline Southwest and encourage the expansion of North Texas companies in our country, among others.

 

President Cortizo Cohen stated that this five-day mission has the objective of attracting good foreign investment that generates employment in the country.

 

The tour began in Dallas with a meeting with businessmen from the Irving Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, then they met with the CEO of Energy Transfer, Kelcy Warren to sign a memorandum of understanding and in the evening they will leave for Austin to visit the University of Texas and see various topics on high-performance sports and high-tech laboratories, detailed the President of the Republic of Panama.