The president of Argentina offers his country to Putin as a “gateway to Latin America”

the president of Argentina, Alberto Fernandeztoday offered his country to Russia as a “gateway” to Latin America at the beginning of the meeting in the Kremlin with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

“The environment is very favourable. Argentina should be the gateway to Latin America”, He said Fernandez in the images offered live by Russian public television.

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He recalled the excessive dependence of the Argentine economy on the United States and was willing to break that dynamic in favor of relations with other “very important” countries such as Russia.

Fernandezwho expressed himself “deeply grateful” to Russia for the supply of vaccines “at a time when they were scarce”, he stressed that his country is sending Sputnik V consignments to other Latin American countries such as Ecuador, Peru or Paraguay.

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“It is a great opportunity. It seems to me that this is the time when we can move forward in other areas. What I perceive is that we have a predisposed society to advance in the agreements”he underlined.

The Argentine president stressed that Russia it is “a highly valued country” for its support of its country at the beginning of the pandemic on the continent.

“It was very important how they supported us at first. And the truth is that the results have been extraordinary”, she highlighted.

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He recalled that he was vaccinated with the two doses of Sputnik V and waited for the booster to the arrival of new Russian vaccines, to which Putin replied: “Me too.”

For his part, Putin recalled that Argentina was “the first country in the Western Hemisphere” to register the Russian vaccine, to which he added the first contract for the supply of Sputnik V.

He stressed that, although the visit will be “short”, both leaders will have the opportunity to see each other again in Beijing during the opening ceremony of the Winter Games.

According to the Kremlin, the leaders will address today “the prospects for the development of the Russian-Argentine strategic partnership in the political, economic-commercial, cultural and humanitarian spheres.”

According to the Kremlin, issues on the international and regional agenda will also appear on the agenda of the talks.

“Argentina supports many of the Russian initiatives that are presented in the Security Council and other UN bodies,” said Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s adviser.

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Source: Elcomercio

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