Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero asked for renewed sovereignty discussions at the United Nations headquarters.
International relations
Foreign Ministry hopes to boost “trade, sports and humanitarian relations”
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France minister visits Brazil’s Lula amid push for better ties post-Bolsonaro
France’s foreign minister, Catherine Colonna, met with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday in a visit resetting relations following a feud between the two countries’ presidents in 2019. It was the first French ministerial visit to Brazil since 2019 when Lula’s far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, angered by President …
Argentina will reopen its embassy in Bangladesh on February 27, Foreign Minister Santiago has announced. The minister will travel to Bangladesh to inaugurate Argentina’s embassy in the capital, Dhaka, and develop a trade promotion and investment agenda in the country. Cafiero confirmed this decision to Sadia Faizunnesa, the …
Mercosur’s proposal for relaunching EU trade agreement: the sticking points
Mercosur has a concrete proposal to relaunch the trade agreement with the European Union. Qualified sources at the Foreign Ministry said Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero expressed this sentiment on Wednesday to European Union representative Josep Borrell. The points the South American bloc is proposing for review mainly relate …
Scholz urges swift EU-Mercosur free trade deal on first South America trip
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday urged a swift conclusion to talks on a free trade deal between the European Union and the Mercosur South American trade bloc, on the first stop in Buenos Aires of his inaugural tour of the region. Seeking to reduce Germany’s economic reliance …