Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero met this Friday with his counterparts from Bolivia, Slovenia, Latvia and the Bahamas to evaluate “the scope and challenges of the bi-regional mechanism” and “the outstanding issues and of interest” with those countrieswithin the framework of Summit of Foreign Ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) together with the European Union (EU).
After the closing of the summit of CELAC ministers this Thursday at the Palacio San Martín, Cafiero continued this Friday with bilateral work meetings with his peers from those countries, with whom he “analyzed the scope and challenges of the bi-regional mechanism” and “the outstanding issues and of common interest with each of these countries,” according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
During the meeting with the Bolivian foreign minister, Roger MaytaCafiero expressed “the importance of strengthening binational energy integration”, with the aim of “improving electricity supply, reducing costs and favoring supply to the populations”.
?? Cafiero and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, @tfajonsigned an Agreement on Economic Cooperation, aimed at promoting trade links and business contacts between the two countries. pic.twitter.com/mGoqs5Veyw
– Argentine Foreign Ministry ?? (@CancilleriaARG) October 28, 2022
“Both highlighted the conclusion of the first section of the electrical work that will provide electricity to northwestern Argentina, and expressed their interest so that the process can be completed soon and the work is inaugurated,” added the statement on the topics of the meeting between both of them.
For his part, Cafiero told the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, Tanja Fajon, that Argentina is “interested in increasing and diversifying trade, promoting reciprocal investments and articulating joint work between governments and the private sector.”
In this sense, both foreign ministers “signed an agreement on Economic Cooperation”, aimed at promoting “commercial ties and business contacts between the two countries”, which recently created the Argentine-Slovenian Chamber of Commerce.
?? In an audience with his colleague from the Bahamas, Frederick Audley Mitchell, Cafiero explained the possibilities of expanding cooperation in the agricultural field.
He also pointed out the joint work in teaching Spanish. pic.twitter.com/eroSBD539I
– Argentine Foreign Ministry ?? (@CancilleriaARG) October 28, 2022
In addition, Cafiero and Fajon signed a “Vacation and Work” agreement aimed at “deepening ties and friendly relations between young people (18 to 30 years old) from Argentina and Slovenia”, through “migratory facilities of up to 12 months for those who want to study, do tourism and carry out paid work”.
Regarding the audience with the Latvian Foreign Minister, Edgars Rinkēvičs, Cafiero stated that progress must be made with the agendas and agreements reached last year in Riga, the capital of that European country.
“Although reciprocal trade has grown progressively, our country encourages its diversification, incorporating products with greater added value and technological development,” explained the text from Palacio San Martín.
In relation to the meeting with his colleague from the Bahamas, Frederick Audley Mitchell, the Argentine foreign minister emphasized “the possibilities of expanding ongoing cooperation, for example in the agricultural field, to collaborate with food security” and “the reduction of food importation.
