China and Argentina are “comprehensive strategic partners”, said this Thursday (25) the spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Wenbin, at a press conference.
The speech took place in reference to the visit that Argentine Chancellor, Diana Mondino, will make to China between April 28th and 30th.
“Both China and Argentina are important developing countries and important emerging economies. The two countries are integral strategic partners,” commented Wang, as reported by the Chinese embassy in the United States on its official website.
“China is willing to work with Argentina to continue to deepen bilateral mutual political trust and promote steady growth,” he added.
Diana Mondino will visit Shanghai and Beijing, according to a statement released on Tuesday (23) by the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
She will meet with the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, among other authorities, according to the letter, and will be accompanied “by a large business delegation from different sectors, representative of Argentina's exportable offer”.
Mondino will also visit Paris, Brussels and Lisbon
After China, Mondino will travel to Paris, to participate in the Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which will take place on the 2nd and 3rd of May.
At this meeting, according to a statement released by the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the announcement of the roadmap for the country's accession process to the OECD is expected.
Mondino will later travel to Brussels, where he will have meetings with representatives of the European Union, including the Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, and the Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen.
There, she will discuss trade negotiations between the EU and Mercosur (a group formed by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay), before the Argentine-EU Joint Commission meeting, which will take place in Buenos Aires on June 6th.
Finally, the Argentine chancellor will meet in Lisbon with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Paulo Rangel, and will be received by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister Luís Montenegro.
China was Argentina's second main trading partner in 2023, surpassed only by Brazil and followed by the European Union, according to a report by the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs prepared with data from the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) and released in January.
Source: CNN Brasil
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