The Argentine ambassador to Brazil, Daniel Scioli, said this Friday at Government House that the “great challenge” of the national government is “sustaining growth and jobs, and encouraging investment.”
After meeting with President Alberto Fernández at the Casa Rosada, Scioli highlighted “several positive things” with the entry of the Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, to the National Cabinet, just over a month ago.
“I highlight several positive things because it has been possible to stabilize, regenerate expectations and fundamentally directing its effort towards something central, which is to obtain dollars for the economy so that it can be turned over to the productive apparatus“, said Scioli before the consultation of Télam and pointed out that the “great challenge is to sustain growth, sustain jobs and encourage investments”.
“We agree with the President: the Argentina-Brazil axis is key; we have financial integration and yesterday (Thursday) there was a meeting between the presidents of the central banks to promote payment in local currencies and de-dollarize everything that is trade bilateral”
“It is a time of emergency and Argentina has what it takes. I trust in the energy, in the entrepreneurial strength of the country, in what is the mining sector. We discussed this with the President: the demand for lithium, copper, integrate with Brazilwhich is the issue of agriculture and fundamentally the strategic work that is the gas pipeline”, explained the ambassador.
On the other hand, he stressed that his “first stage” as ambassador, which was briefly interrupted two months ago with his appointment as Minister of Production, was “to rebuild the relationship and once again make Brazil the number one trade partner.”
“Brazil gave us energy security to get through the winter and it had an impact because it meant foreign exchange savings and other advances in terms of regional economies,” the diplomat listed.
In this regard, he pointed out that this second stage now has “a central objective in this international context where the region must be strengthened”.
“Brazil gave us energy security to get through the winter and it had an impact because it meant foreign exchange savings and other advances in terms of regional economies”
“In that we agree with the President: the Argentina-Brazil axis is key; we have financial integration and yesterday (Thursday) there was a meeting between the presidents of the central banks to promote payment in local currencies and de-dollarize everything that is two-way trade”.
Also, he argued that “energy integration is central, because Brazil needs gas and is interested in financing part of the second stage of the gas pipelineparticularly the section of Saliqueló, which reaches the border with Brazil”.
In this regard, Scioli also mentioned the “issue of industrial integration and food safety that involves logistics and infrastructure.”
