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Argentina greets Biden’s inauguration with mixed messages

Today 08:46 President Alberto Fernández on Thursday sent his new United States colleague Joe Biden a congratulatory letter which contrasted in both cordiality and length with a terse Foreign Ministry statement the previous day.

DIPLOMACY

Foreign minister’s IMF gaffe overshadows Fernández-Biden call

05-12-2020 09:54 A positive piece of foreign policy news for the Alberto Fernández administration ended in a minor furore this week, with Argentina’s foreign minister accused of fabricating part of a chat between the president and Joe Biden.

MERCOSUR

Felipe Solá: Argentina won’t stop or reject EU-Mercosur trade deal

01-10-2020 19:59 Foreign minister says country has “changed stance” on free-trade agreement and will debate it in Congress when concerns over environmental

by Fermin Koop

SINO-ARGENTINE RELATIONS

Argentina’s ties with China deepen under Fernández

22-08-2020 08:27 Peronist leader leads charge to develop ties with Asian giant, which is now Argentina’s largest trading partner. Trip to Shanghai pencilled in for early November, with business, the pandemic and pork topping the agenda.

by Juan Luis González

G20 MEET

Argentina asks for help as Saudi hosts G20 virtual talks on virus recovery, debt crisis

18-07-2020 07:00 Foreign Minister Felipe Solá says he will urge the G20 to set up a global "solidarity-based fund" to address the increase in poverty in virus-battered countries.

Travel and tourism

Limited flights to Madrid, Paris and Amsterdam restart in Argentina

29-06-2020 08:00 Once a week, special flights operated by various airlines will depart from Ezeiza, with flights also scheduled for Miami, Rome and Tel Aviv. Travellers will have to maintain a 14-day quarantine at their destination and sign a declaration that inhibits them from making claims against the government.

MALVINAS DISPUTE

Solá accuses UK of 'absolute disrespect' towards Malvinas sovereignty claim

23-06-2020 17:22 Foreign Minister Felipe Solá weighs in on Malvinas dispute, saying Argentina will continue to express its "profound annoyance" at the United Kingdom's "absolute disrespect" towards sovereignty claim.

MALVINAS DISPUTE

Argentina pushes law to demarcate new continental platform, including Malvinas

12-06-2020 00:26 Government seeking to convert into law new demarcation lines extending beyond 200 miles for its continental platform, which would include the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands.

HANDOVER POWER

Lacalle Pou to deliver Uruguay's first conservative government in 15 years

28-02-2020 14:35 The son of former Uruguayan president Luis Alberto Lacalle will take office on Sunday, ending 15 years of rule by the left-leaning Frente Amplio coalition.

DEBT TALKS

Solá asks Bolsonaro for Brazil's support in debt talks with IMF

12-02-2020 17:45 Foreign Minister Felipe Solá meets with his Brazilian counterpart Ernesto Araújo and President Jair Bolsonaro, as two nations seek to pacify tensions. Brazilian president proposes face time with Alberto Fernández in Montevideo next month.

Bloomberg

Diplomatic dance: Solá heads to Brazil for meeting with Bolsonaro, Araujo

12-02-2020 08:15 Foreign minister hoping his Brazilian counterparts are also looking to turn a page, as region's top economics seek to heal diplomatic wounds.

Alberto in Europe

Fernández discusses debt with Spanish PM in Madrid

04-02-2020 18:24 Before concluding his Europe trip in France, the Peronist leader met with Pedro Sánchez, the prime minister of Spain, to discuss IMF debt renegotiations.

Alberto in Europe

Alberto meets with Merkel amid IMF negotiations

03-02-2020 18:01 The Peronist leader had a dinner with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, where the duo discussed debt and potential Argentine-German investments.

Diplomacy

María Fernanda Silva to be Argentina's new ambassador to Vatican

30-01-2020 14:41 Catholic and the first Afro-descendant woman of the Argentine foreign service, according to local reports, Silva will be the first woman to occupy the role.

IMF TALKS

IMF team set for Argentina in February after 'positive' talks with Guzmán

28-01-2020 23:38 Economy Minister Martín Guzmán holds "very productive" talks with officials from International Monetary Fund in New York, as Argentina looks to stretch payment terms of its US$44-billion credit-line.

Diplomacy

Foreign Ministry recalls ambassadors in diplomatic shake-up

23-01-2020 18:03 Foreign Minister Felipe Solá recalls Argentina's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Renato Carlos Sersale Di Cerisano, as part of a wider diplomatic shake-up that could see Alicia Castro head to Russia.

First Foreign Trip

Packed agenda awaits for Alberto Fernández as he lands in Israel

22-01-2020 14:11 President arrives in Tel Aviv on commercial flight. He is scheduled to have bilateral meetings with both the Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his time in Israel.

First Foreign Trip

Symbolic and strategic: Fernández picks Israel for first foreign trip

17-01-2020 00:12 President’s decision to visit Jerusalem next week welcomed by Jewish community in Buenos Aires.

by Joseph Charney

BOLIVIA

Bolivian calls on Argentina to condemn Morales' militia comments

16-01-2020 12:19 Interim government in La Paz demands Argentina disavow Morales' comments on the creation of "armed militias" in Bolivia. Former president later "retracts" idea.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Government condemns 'unacceptable harassment' of opposition in Venezuela

06-01-2020 12:06 “To impede by force the functioning of the legislative assembly is to condemn oneself to international isolation," Foreign Minister Felipe Solá posted on Twitter.

BREAKING NEWS

Evo Morales has landed in Argentina seeking asylum, confirms government

12-12-2019 11:06 Former Bolivian president Evo Morales joins his two children in Argentina. He is coming "to stay" as a refugee, says Foreign Minister Felipe Solá

CABINET

Felipe Solá will be foreign minister, confirms Alberto Fernández

05-12-2019 16:17 President-elect also confirms that former presidential candidate and ex-Buenos Aires Province governor Daniel Scioli will serve as his ambassador to Brazil.