拉美和加勒比国家共同体于2011年12月正式成立。这是长期以来拉美和加勒比国家一体化努力的最新举措,是地区合作与整合进程的又一个里程碑。2013年1月,拉美和加勒比国家共同体在智利圣地亚哥召开峰会,其后举行了多次部长级会议和其他会议,并与世界其他地区和国家展开了广泛交流。拉美和加勒比国家共同体的成立是世纪之交以来地区政治发展的产物,但地区合作与整合能否取得实质效果和进展还有赖于成员国利益的进一步协调和共识的广泛建立。
<<The Community of Latin America and the Caribbean (its Spanish acronym is CELAC) was founded in 2011,representing the latest achievement of regional countries for regional integration and laying a cornerstone for forging closer political cooperation. In January 2013,member countries held an annul summit in Chile. In addition,the bloc organized numerous ministerial meetings to promote internal cooperation. It is confronted with the challenge of developing an internal mechanism to cultivate consensus and resolve conflicts of political ideas and national interests.
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