Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero met with his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, on the eve of the G20 ministerial summit to be held tomorrow in New Delhi.
In a statement, the Palacio San Martín indicated that “Cafiero and Jaishankar ratified the intention to continue deepening the Strategic Association between both nationswhich recently had a particular boost, by advancing on issues of cooperation in the energy sector, satellite science and technology, and space and nuclear affairs, in which there is great potential”.
The Foreign Ministry explained that “Cafiero conveyed the Argentine position that coincides with many of the lines of work that India is carrying out this year, during its Presidency in the G20, especially the importance of giving a voice to the Global South, the facilitation of consensus between developed countries and developing countries, and avoid extreme positions favoring dialogue and diplomacy”.
Cafiero will participate this Thursday in the opening ceremony of the G20 Foreign Ministers Summit at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Center
At the economic level, there was agreement on the possibilities of intensifying and diversifying trade and promoting investment. In the year 2022, a new record was reached in the bilateral exchange between Argentina and India, with USD 6,394.6 million, increasing flows in both directions in continuation of an almost constant growth in recent years.
In addition, “the person in charge of the San Martín Palace conveyed his interest in advancing concrete investment opportunities in lithium and energy (oil and gas in Vaca Muerta) and mentioned the recent cooperation agreement signed between YPF and the oil company ONGC Videsh Limited“said the official part.
In addition, They praised the recent bilateral agreement on satellite technology, through which VENG Argentina will commercialize the images from the SAOCOM satellites to the Indian company Suhora Space Analytics.
The Argentine ambassador to India, Hugo Gobbi, thanked “the support expressed by Jaishankar in the framework of his visit to Argentina in August 2022 for our country to join the BRICS block
Cafiero who was accompanied by the Secretary of International Economic Relations, Cecilia Todesca Bocco; the Chief of Staff of the Foreign Ministry, Luciana Tito, and The Argentine ambassador to India, Hugo Gobbi, thanked “the support expressed by Jaishankar in the framework of his visit to Argentina in August 2022 for our country to join the BRICS block and highlighted India’s support for the resumption of bilateral negotiations between Argentina and the United Kingdom in order to find a negotiated and peaceful solution to the sovereignty dispute related to the Malvinas Question”.
Cafiero will participate this Thursday in the opening ceremony of the G20 Foreign Ministers Summit at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Center (RBCC), and will intervene in the plenary whose debate will focus on multilateralism and the need for reforms, food and energy security, development cooperation, the fight against terrorism and humanitarian assistance in the face of world disasters.
Then he will be received along with the other delegations by the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Narendra Modi, and will attend the opening of the Raisina Dialogue, in which he already participated in the 2022 edition as part of his previous visit to India. .
