On this Monday morning, Alberto Fernandez He will meet with his Ecuadorian counterpart, Guillermo Lasso, with whom he will hold an important bilateral agenda from the Casa Rosada.
During the meeting that will begin at 11:00 a.m., it is expected that President Alberto Fernandez sign a consular agreement with the Ecuadorian president to strengthen trade between the two countries.
Besides Alberto Fernandez He will seek to strengthen bilateral relations with his peer, mainly in political, cultural and economic matters, according to Guillermo Lasso himself.
“The meeting that is going to take place in Casa Rosada with President Alberto Fernandezand also together with my colleague Juan Carlos Holguín, will have a broad agenda in the economic, political and cultural aspects”.
This would be Lasso’s first official visit to Argentina as president of Ecuador. In addition, the president is the third president to visit the country in less than 3 weeks.
This, since, at the beginning of April, the country was visited by the president of Chile, Gabril Boric, and later by Luis Arce, Head of State of Bolivia, with whom several trade agreements were also signed.
What will Guillermo Lasso’s meeting with Alberto Fernández be like?
The mandatary from Ecuador arrived in the country this Sunday, where he was received at the Military Aerostation by Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero, who said “We are going to be developing a very important agenda tomorrow.”
For today, Lasso is scheduled to make a floral offering at the monument to the Liberator General Don José de San Martín. From there the president will move to the Casa Rosada.
After the bilateral meeting, both presidents will offer a press conference and later, Alberto Fernandez will provide a lunch in honor of his Ecuadorian counterpart.
Afterwards, Lasso is expected to hold a meeting with businessmen, within the framework of the “Ecuador Open for Business” program. After visiting Argentina, the president of Ecuador will travel to Montevideo.