The national government reported this Thursday, March 2, that the trade pact Foradori-Duncan between Argentina and Great Britain, signed by Mauricio Macri in 2016, It ended.
During a meeting of the foreign ministers of the countries that are part of the G-20 that took place in New Delhi, India, santiago cafiero He communicated to his British counterpart, James Cleverly, the Argentine decision to cancel this signed agreement.
He also warned that both nations will have a meeting at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, with the aim of “restart the discussion for the sovereignty” of the islands of the South Atlantic which the United Kingdom has occupied since 1833.
Foradori–Duncan Pact
The Foreign Ministry assured that this pact signed by the then Argentine vice-chancellor carlos foradori and the UK Minister of State for Europe and the Americas alan duncan It was “one of the most damaging events for the historic claim for the exercise of sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands.”
By signing this trade pact, an attempt was made to guarantee the United Kingdom “the removal of all obstacles to the economic growth and sustainable development of the islands, disarming a strategy that had been promoted to limit the illegal occupation and plunder of the natural resources of the archipelago”, recalled the Foreign Ministry in the text.
Foradori-Duncan agreement: “Neither drunk nor asleep”
“That document made concessions to British interests in the region and retreated certain in the just claim for sovereignty, it was even made to transcend as a ‘joint communiqué’ to avoid complying with the constitutional obligation in some way to the approval of the National Congress the agreements agreements signed by the Executive Power”, the letter added.
It should be remembered that in his memoirs, Duncan reported that in a negotiation he had in Argentina in 2016 regarding the concession of additional flights to the South Atlantic archipelagohis Argentine counterpart wasdrunk”.
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Foradori’s response was not long in coming and at that time he explained that in the meeting that sparked the controversy only general issues were discussed. “The sayings about my person are of a absolute falsehood and never in 40 years have I had a professional behavior that was not within morality and professional decorum “
In that framework, Cafiero will probably initiate a summary to inquire about what happened.
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