President Alberto Fernandez He had a one-on-one meeting with his partner from Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, confirmed official sources, where issues related to the Argentine economy were discussed. After the meeting, they gave a joint meeting from Brasilia, where the Brazilian president promised to “talk to the IMF statement to remove the knife from Argentina’s neck.”
“I intend to talk, through my Minister of Finance, with the IMF to remove the knife from Argentina’s neck. The IMF knows how Argentina got into debt, it knows to whom it lent the money and therefore it cannot continue to pressure a country that only wants to grow, generate employment and improve the lives of the people”, Lula highlighted.
In a joint statement, in which no details were disclosed about what measures were agreed upon in the meeting that was held for more than four hours, the president of Brazil specified: “I will do everything and any sacrifice so that we can help Argentina in this difficult moment.“.
For his part, Alberto Fernández expressed Lula’s “explicit support” and pointed out: “They have made the decision to help Brazilian companies continue exporting to Argentina and they have asked us for some duties that we have done, they have to do with the necessary guarantees so that Brazil can favor these credits”.
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Later, the Argentine president and the First Lady, Fabiola Yanez, They will participate in a dinner hosted by the Brazilian president at the Palacio de la Alvorada, the official residence.
Fernández arrived in Brasilia this Tuesday at 3:25 p.m., leading a delegation that includes the Minister of Economy, Sergio Mass.
Both leaders discussed the evolution of bilateral trade, the agreements between the two nations and an exchange system with a common currency.
The delegations seek to promote investment by foreign companies in Argentina and advance in Mechanisms similar to the swap with China that can strengthen the reserves of the Central Bank.
Fernández is accompanied by the finance ministers; of Foreign Affairs and Social Development, Sergio Massa, Santiago Cafiero and Victoria Tolosa Paz, respectively; the Chief of Staff, Agustín Rossi; the Secretary General of the Presidency, Julio Vitobello, and the Ambassador to Brazil, Daniel Scioli, as well as the spokesperson Gabriela Cerruti.
The Brazilian president shared on Twitter: “A joy to receive my friend Alberto Fernández today at the Palacio de la Alvorada. Brazil and Argentina are brothers and we will have increasingly prosperous relations with one of the largest trading partners of our country and our industry. Together we are stronger.”
the focus on the Argentine economy
“President Fernández comes to Brazil to talk about the economic situation in Argentinawe must receive it and talk,” said the Brazilian president in statements to journalists at the Itamaraty Palace, the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry in Brasilia, and when asked if he could anticipate anything about the meeting, he replied that this “would be gossipy.”
This was done during an official reception for the Prime Minister of Cape Verde, Ulisses Correia e Silva, as part of his official agenda this Tuesday.
Victoria Tolosa Paz’s agendas in Brazil
The Minister of Social Development of the Nation, Victoria Tolosa Paz, participated today in Brasilia in a bilateral meeting with the Minister of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger, wellington days.
During the meeting, the Argentine minister was very interested in learning about President Lula Da Silva’s reformulation of the most emblematic social program of progressive governments in Brazil “Bolsa Familia”, which reaches 22 million poor families.
“It seemed very important to us to look at this new program for the acquisition of food, for family farming, and to be able to make contact with agendas that are committed to vulnerable families in the two governments”, said Tolosa Paz at the end of the meeting.
In addition, the Argentine official pondered the work and policies in subsidized energy rates for family farming and local food producers: “We were looking very favorably the role of the State when buying, from whom it buys, in what way it distributes those state purchases promoting family farming”.
He added: “We want Promote Argentina’s family farming agenda to expand the food supply so that this food supply has a positive impact on access to the basic food basket in all homes in our country”.
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