January-July 2021 Argentine exports highest in eight years
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that, in the first seven months of this year, Argentine exports amounted to USD 42.6 billion, reaching the highest value in eight years and increasing by 31.2% year-on-year, as a result of higher prices (24.3%) and, to a lesser extent, quantities (5.6%). The trade balance of the first seven months reflected a surplus for Argentina of USD 8.3 billion. Read more...
Webinar on commercial opportunities in Malaysia
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, the Embassy of Argentina in Malaysia and ICBC bank together with Fundación ICBC, gladly invite you to join this forthcoming webinar, where you'll be able to discover commercial oportunitties that Malaysia has for Argentinean products in the following sectors: beans, honey and meat.
- Date and time: September 22th, 8pm
- Speakers:
- Pablo Sívori, Undersecretary for the Promotion of Trade and Investements, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina
- Manuel José Balaguer Salas, Ambassador of Argentina in Malaysia.
- Jorge Oscar Abate, Counsellor at the Embassy of Argentina in Malaysia.
- Howe Hoochoon, Technical and Commercial Director, BEDSON Far East.
- Francisco Díaz Aguiar, Managing Director, IMARTEK
More information: emsia@mrecic.gov.ar
Earthquake in Haiti: Argentina sends White Helmets humanitarian mission
Following a joint work between the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence, on 21 August, 2021, a White Helmets humanitarian mission to Haiti was organized in order to make humanitarian and medical assistance available to the Haitian people and international organizations, following the devastating earthquake in Petit Trou De Nippes Department, in western Haiti. Read more...
Declaration by National Council on Malvinas Islands Affairs
We, the members of the National Council, reaffirm our commitment to contribute to the enhancement of State Policies in furtherance of the First Temporary Provision of the Argentine Constitution: "The Argentine Nation ratifies its legitimate and imprescriptible sovereignty over the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime and insular areas, as they are an integral part of the national territory. The recovery of those territories and the full exercise of sovereignty over them, while respecting the lifestyle of their inhabitants and in compliance with the principles of International Law, are a permanent and non-renounceable goal of the Argentine people.". Read more...
Promotion of the nomination to the UNESCO World Heritage List of the ESMA Memory Site Museum
The Chief of the Private Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guillermo Justo Chaves, met on Tuesday with the newly appointed Argentine Ambassador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Marcela Losardo. They discussed the promotion of the nomination to the UNESCO World Heritage List of the ESMA Memory Site Museum - Former Clandestine Detention, Torture and Extermination Centre, managed by the Argentine Secretariat for Human Rights headed by Horacio Pietragalla Corti. Read more...
Argentina-France Joint Statement on International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances
On 30 August, 2021, on the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Argentina and France reaffirmed their joint commitment to the fight against enforced disappearances throughout the world. Read more...
Joint Statement on Afghanistan
The following statement has been signed by Albania, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, the European Union, Honduras, Guatemala, North Macedonia, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Senegal, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Read more...