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| Tabare Vazquez (L) is set to take
office as Uruguay's first leftist president. (xinhua
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| Uruguay's people are celebrating Tabare
Vazquez's taking office as Uruguay's first leftist president. (xinhua
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| Tabare Vazquez is
accepting people's celebration. (xinhua
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MONTEVIDEO, March
1 (Xinhuanet) -- Socialist Tabare Vazquez, installed Tuesday as president of
Uruguay, announced in his first speech that his foreign policy will give
priority to the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR).
Vazquez, a 65-year-old oncologist, delivered his
speech before the General Legislative Assembly, after being sworn in as new
president of the South American country. He is the first left-winghead of State
in Uruguay.
He said his government will place particular
importance to MERCOSUR, reject terrorism in all its forms and not tolerate
external interventions.
"Since the beginning of our government one thing must
be made clear: we will not tolerate external interventions in our
internalaffairs. The problems of the Uruguayans have to be sorted out by
themselves," said Vazquez.
"We will instrument an independent foreign policy and
develop relations with the rest of the Latin American countries, without any
exception," he added.
In this sense, one of the first measures to be taken
by his government will be to resume diplomatic relations with Cuba, localreports
said.
MERCOSUR is the economic bloc formed by Argentina,
Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay as full members, and Chile and Bolivia as associate
states.
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