The President of the Nation and therefore also Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces (FFAA), Alberto Fernandezparticipated in a graduation ceremony for armed forces officers at the Military College, in the town of El Palomar, and called on them to defend national sovereignty over all strategic spaces and resources.
In this ceremony that led the leaderthe approval of a new capacity plan “with a time horizon of 20 years, according to the words of Alberto Fernandez. This new plan “will allow us to have the necessary capacities to guarantee the defense of our vital and strategic interests.”
They participated in the ceremony presided over by Alberto Fernandez Appointed, the Secretary General of the Presidency, Julio Vitobello, the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Defense, Héctor Mazzei, Secretaries of Strategy and Military Affairs (Sergio Rossi) and International Affairs for Defense, Francisco Cafiero.
“The affirmation of our sovereign claim is a mandate of our Constitution that points the way to achieve our vocation for peace, and the need to affirm our sovereign spaces requires having Armed Forces adequately enlisted, equipped and trained to guarantee the defenses of the Nation,” he said. President.
And he added on the subject of the Malvinas War that the “illegal and illegitimate occupation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in our Malvinas, South Sandwich and South Georgia Islands affects the exercise of our sovereignty, our capacity for self-determination and territorial integration, as well as the full disposal of natural resources”.
Argentine Antarctica
One of the most relevant points of the presidential speech was the defense of the South Atlantic and Argentine sovereignty in Antarctica. The president reported on the installation of a surveillance radar and that it will be located in the city of Río Grande.
In addition, he mentioned works for the new naval base in the province of Tierra del Fuego, in Ushuaia, which will be part of the joint military garrison in the region. Lastly, he said that “the reconstruction of the Petrel base, which has returned to being a permanent base after 45 years, represents a qualitative leap.
