That was stated by President Uribe, after explaining that the country received more than 2500 million dollars for foreign investment during the first four months of the year, despite of the global economic crisis. The Leader highlighted the effort of the Government, led by Proexport, to promote direct foreign investment through instruments as the website: www.inviertaencolombia.com.co.

Bogotá, May 19 (SP). “Having in the first four months of the year, in such difficult times, more than 2500 million dollars of direct foreign investment, shows Colombia’s good reputation in the world investors’ community”

That was the statement of President Álvaro Uribe Vélez during the presentation of the website of Colombia for promoting Direct Foreign Investment (IED): www.inviertaencolombia.com.co or in English: www.investincolombia.com.co, celebrated this Tuesday at the Casa de Nariño.

During the event, the Head of State congratulated María Elvira Pombo Holguín, President of Export Promotion (Proexport), for her constant efforts to promote Colombia in other countries.

Through this website, investors can find information about the opportunity that Colombia represents for investing and the benefits that the Government is offering.

www.investincolombia.com.co is the official website of Colombia for promoting foreign investment, in which all the information about opportunities in different fields of the country and the incentives that the Government is offering can be found, as well as the procedure of how to invest.

At the presentation, Mrs Pombo said that the site’s information has been organized according to the needs that investors have expressed through direct polls, and it goes according to the highest standards of international promotion websites.

“Investors have, at the moment, 19 field profiles to seek for information. They have all the potential information of the country, daily macroeconomic indicators to analyze, successful cases, maps, zones here you can work, permanent Free Trade Zones, and all the information about general and local incentives of the country”. She pointed.

She also highlighted that now, Colombia has become fashionable around the world and Proexport is working really hard to make investors think first of Colombia when they make plans to invest.

“Nowadays, when you go to international markets and different forums, you see the difference and see the phenomenon that the world is talking about: Colombia has become fashionable. Our country receives now a lot of attention and that is one of the reasons why we are working so hard in promotion so in the moment that the investor is going to make a decision, Colombia will be his first choice”, she expressed.

The Minister of Industry and Tourism, Luis Guillermo Plata, showed the opportunities that the country offers for foreign investors as the Free Trade Zones, the Free Trade Agreements and judicial stability, among others.

“Colombia is now a destiny for investment, and its time to begin a strong promotion work. With the launching of this website we are telling the world: Colombia is here”, Plata pointed.