Webinar on commercial opportunities in Malaysia

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, our Embassy and ICBC bank together with Fundación ICBC, jointly organized in September a webinar to promote the commercial opportunities that Malaysia has to offer to Argentinean products such as beans, honey and meat.

The webinar was headed by the Undersecretary for the Promotion of Trade and Investements of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pablo Sívori, and the Ambassador of Argentina in Malaysia Manuel José Balaguer Salas, and included presentations from Howe Hoochoon, Technical and Commercial Director of BEDSON Far East, and Francisco Díaz Aguiar, Managing Director of IMARTEK.

Argentine tango lessons are back!

With the ease of circulation and meeting restrictions in Malaysia, many social activities which were restricted until recently have started to resume. Argentine tango lessons are one of the many options now available. Led by an Argentine dancer, Fame Studio, for example, is offering Boutique Classes from October 7 in Kuala Lumpur (every Monday and Thursday, 8-9pm). Advance registration is required and only fully vaccinated individuals will be allowed. More information and registration: (+60) 012-2177183.

Internationalization of Argentine companies in the sports technology sector

Argentine sports agencies and companies participated in the city of Madrid, Spain, in the World Football Summit (WFS), one of the most important meetings of the sports industry in the world.

This is the first time that a delegation of clubs and companies from the Argentine sports technology sector, coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has the opportunity to visit and carry out training, bonding and networking actions with their peers worldwide. The sports industry represents more than 700 billion dollars in turnover per year.

WSF events had more than 1,200 attendees with rigorous security measures and about 2,600 people followed the congress and conferences online.

Minister of Foreign Affairs met with unicorns and technology SMEs to promote the knowledge economy

Minister of Foreign Affairs Santiago Cafiero received in September managers of unicorns and technology-based SMEs, "with the aim of working on a common agenda with the sector to promote the export of the economy knowledge", where Argentina stands out for its young talent and the regional growth of the companies in the sector, leaders in the entire region.

The objective is to consolidate a path that began with the Knowledge Economy Law, passed in October 2020, which seeks to focus on the generation of added value, the promotion of new technologies, the creation of quality employment and the development of SMEs. In addition, it seeks to increase exports of services in an area that has wide growth opportunities abroad.

The knowledge economy includes areas as diverse as the software industry, audiovisual production or post-production, biotechnology, geological and prospecting services, services related to electronics and communications, professional services, nanotechnology and nanoscience, aerospace and satellite industry and space technologies.

White Helmets continues humanitarian mission in Haiti and prepares shipment of Argentine donation to Cuba

The White Helmets Commission, which reports to the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, continues to provide healthcare assistance in the tents set up outside the Corail Commune Néstor Kirchner Hospital, to increase healthcare capacity following the damage suffered during the 14 August earthquake.

The question of the Malvinas Islands

From the beginning of its Independence process in 1810, Argentina -having inherited the Spanish territories in the South Atlantic- continuously exercised its rights over the Malvinas Islands, South Georgias and South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas. This archipelago of more than 200 islands is located less than 500 km from the Argentine mainland and almost 13,000 km away from the United Kingdom.

In 1820, the Argentine flag was raised there for the first time and the Government also enacted legislation and established legal and administrative bodies to consolidate the full exercise of its sovereignty, including the promotion of trade activities and the establishment of settlements.

However, on 3 January 1833, the effective exercise of sovereignty was interrupted by an act of force by the United Kingdom, which illegally occupied the islands and expelled the legitimate Argentine authorities and the existing settlers. This usurpation disrupted the territorial integrity of Argentina, a situation to which no Argentine Government has ever consented in over 188 years of history.

Since then, there has been a sovereignty dispute between the Argentine Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as recognized by the United Nations General Assembly through Resolution 2065 (XX), adopted in 1965.

Since the 1982 military conflict, which did not alter the nature of the sovereignty dispute, the international community has been reiterating the need for prompt resumption of bilateral negotiations, as stated in 10 UN General Assembly resolutions and in 38 resolutions of the Special Committee on Decolonization, in addition to several declarations issued at different regional and multilateral forums.

The refusal to comply with the obligation to resume sovereignty negotiations has been aggravated by the United Kingdom’s continuous unilateral actions, including the exploration and exploitation of both renewable and non-renewable natural resources and an unjustified and disproportionate military presence in the Islands, which Argentina has constantly condemned.

Recovering effective exercise of our sovereignty over the Malvinas and the surrounding maritime and island areas, in accordance with international law and respecting the way of life of the islanders, is a permanent and unrenounceable goal of the Argentine people, as established in the First Temporary Provision of the Argentine Constitution.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Cafiero: "Argentina's commitment to the preservation of the Antarctic ecosystem is unwavering"

"Argentina's commitment to the preservation of the Antarctic ecosystem is unwavering. It is a very significant part of our Antarctic policy that constitutes a firm State policy,", said Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs Santiago Cafiero during last September when participating in the Second Ministerial-level meeting, convened by the European Union, on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), in the framework of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).

"As you all know, in 2018 Argentina and Chile presented to CCAMLR a joint proposal with a solid scientific basis for the establishment of an MPA in the Western Antarctic Peninsula. As we have already expressed during previous CCAMLR meetings, Argentina fully supports the MPA proposals presented for the Weddell Sea and East Antarctica. Together with Chile today we are committed to continuing the necessary work to improve the proposal for the Antarctic Peninsula in order to obtain its approval. We believe that all MPA proposals are today solidly based on the best available scientific evidence necessary for the preservation of the ecosystem and biodiversity of the region”, he added.

Argentina participated in the G20 Ministerial Meeting on the situation in Afghanistan

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pablo Tettamanti participated on September 22 in the G20 Ministerial Meeting on the situation in Afghanistan, convened by the Italian Presidency of the Group, within the framework of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The debate generated points of consensus around the need to face the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, especially in terms of food, water and accommodation, and to guarantee respect for human rights, especially of women and girls.

In this context, Tettamanti reaffirmed that the solution to the serious situation in Afghanistan can only be achieved through an inclusive policy based on human rights. He then reiterated our country's condemnation of all actions that endanger the safety, physical and mental integrity of women, adolescents and girls.