The chancellor santiago cafiero will receive today at 1:45 p.m. in the Golden Room of the Palacio San Martín, the Undersecretary of State of the United States of America, Wendy Shermanwho will be accompanied by the US ambassador in Buenos Aires, Mark Stanley.
During the working meeting, Cafiero and Sherman will address the main issues on the bilateral and global agenda, especially in follow-up to the meeting held by presidents Alberto Fernández and Joe Biden and with members of the two ministerial cabinets, on March 29 in Washington, in the Oval Room of the White House.
It is not expected, although it had been speculated on, that the official who supports Antony Blinken in Biden’s Secretary of State will meet with the President. “He did not ask for an audience”transcended from one of his closest collaborators.
The meeting between Cafiero and Sherman, who performs his first visit to Argentina, is part of the activities that it will carry out and in the context of the commemoration, during 2023, of the 200 years of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countriesand of the 40 years since the restoration of democracy in the Argentine Republic.
Sherman arrived in Buenos Aires on Thursday after making a stopover in the Dominican Republic where he held a meeting with the Argentine Economy Minister, Sergio Massa. The axis of that meeting, which lasted almost an hour and a half on Wednesday afternoon and which took place in the colonial zone of Santo Domingo, was the renewed bilateral relationship between Argentina and the United States, in a very difficult year from an economic point of view, with a shortage of dollars in the coffers of the Central Bank and with a growing inflation, aggravated by the drought that affects a large part of the territory. were also present Ricardo Zuniga, Under Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; and Mustafa Popal, Chief of Staff Vice Secretary of State.
They accompanied Massa, Leonardo Madcur, your chief adviser; Marco Lavagnadirector of INDEC and in charge of relations with multilateral organizations; Gustavo Martinez Pandiani, international adviser to the minister, and Santiago Garcia Vazquezin charge of communication for the Economy.
That “new” link has 4 central keys. Biden – who spoke of creating a “bridge” for the country – would have already given the order to expedite negotiations so that “fresh” funds arrive from the IDB and the World Bank. In this context, some USD 3,000 million are expected. The other chapter of this bilateral axis is the support in the negotiations with the IMF, something that Massa and his team will focus on in this city.
Yesterday, on her Twitter account, the official was happy to be in our country and celebrated 200 years of diplomatic relationship between the two nations with a photo with Stanley. In the morning had been with representatives of the United States Chamber of Commerce in Argentina (Amcham). “It was a real pleasure meeting with representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce in Buenos Aires, hearing how American businesses benefit people in both countries, and discussing how we can together foster sustainable and inclusive economic growth,” he wrote in one of his tweets. , accompanied by a photo.
Also during this day, Sherman will meet with members of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA), visit historical commemorative sites, meet with union leaders and engage the private sector and give a speech on democracy in the Western Hemisphere at the University of Buenos Aires. Aires as reported by the United States embassy. In addition, he plans to meet alone with the Secretary of Energy, Flavia Royón, and of Mining, María Fernanda Ávila, “to discuss our shared vision of economic prosperity in the Americas and our strong bilateral partnership.”
The 73-year-old US official, nicknamed the “silver fox” for her graying hair, is a trusted diplomat of the Democratic leader who even participated a couple of months ago in the truncated negotiations with the intention of stopping the warlike actions between Ukraine and Russia. One of his missions in Buenos Aires will be to discuss with Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero, the progress in the bilateral relationship since the United States considers Argentina as a strategic partner that can help curb China’s growing influence in the region.
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