After completing his one-day visit to the former Soviet territory, the President of the Nation Alberto Fernandez resumed the international agenda and left this Thursday for Chinathe second country that the Argentine leader will visit as part of his tour of Russia, China and Barbados.
At 8:00 p.m. from Moscow (2:00 p.m. from Argentina), the head of state departed from the Russian Federal Republic bound for the city of Beijing, capital of the Asian giant, where it is expected that Alberto Fernandez meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time.
According to the spokesperson for the Argentine Government, Gabriela Cerrutti, the estimated flight time between Moscow and Beijing varies between 13 and 15 and a half hours, so it is planned that Alberto Fernandez and his diplomatic delegation arrive in the Asian territory early on Friday.
Fernández’s agenda in China
During his visit to China, the official agenda of the leader It will be full of both face-to-face and virtual protocol activities. This is the case of the videoconference that he will hold with the deans of Tsinghua University, where he will be awarded the title of “Honoris Causa Professor” of this institution.
His first public appearance will be at 6:30 p.m. in China (7:30 a.m. in Argentina), when he is expected to visit the emblematic Museum of the Chinese Communist Party for the first time. There, will participate in a book signing and will be in charge of the delivery of the floral offering.
An hour and a half later, at 09:00 am, he will meet with the Argentine ambassador to China, Sabino Vaca Narvaja, with whom will attend the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympicsto be held in Beijing between February 4 and 20.
Later, he will attend an honorary lunch at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, in which all the heads of state and government attending the opening of the Olympics will participate. What’s more, will meet the sports delegation of Argentina in the JJ.OO.
It will not be until Sunday (February 6), that the president Alberto Fernandez meet personally with the Chinese head of government, Xi Jinping, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. This would be the first face-to-face summit between the two leaders.
The closing of the presidential agenda in China will culminate with a visit to the Great Wall of China, located on the outskirts of the city of Beijing. That same Sunday Alberto Fernandez he will return to the American continent to visit Barbados, the last country of his international tour.
