Andrés Rebolledo, Executive Secretary of OLACDE, highlighted the role that Colombia will assume next year in terms of energy integration, as it will lead and guide various regional integration organizations, including CELAC and the Brasilia Consensus.
After concluding a meeting this Tuesday at the Casa de Nariño with the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, the Executive Secretary of The Latin American and Caribbean Energy Organization (OLACDE), Andrés Rebolledo, expressed the organization’s willingness to support Colombia’s policy on energy integration and transition. “As an organization, what we discussed with President Petro and the Minister of Mines and Energy, Andrés Camacho, in this meeting is our readiness to advance in the areas of planning, diagnosing the main challenges, as well as in financing matters, in order to push forward and renew the drive for electrical integration not only in South America but throughout the continent,” stated Rebolledo. The Executive Secretary of OLACDE emphasized that energy integration “has been a top priority that President Petro has raised in recent months.” He also highlighted the role that Colombia will assume next year in terms of energy integration, as it will lead and guide various regional integration organizations, including CELAC and the Brasilia Consensus. Minister of Mines and Energy, Andrés Camacho, noted that, indeed, “next year, Colombia will coordinate several of these organizations, such as CELAC, the Andean Community, and the Brasilia Consensus, within which we will take on the agenda, where the central theme for all will be climate change and energy transition.” The Minister of Mines explained that “we have until 2026 to achieve Latin American articulation and integration, where the central point will be climate change and energy transition, and President Petro spoke about the urgency of developing a Latin American perspective on the fight against climate change, and the goals that should be set not only at the country level but continentally.”
