Alberto Fernández arrived in Portugal to start his …

the President Alberto Fernández arrived this Sunday at 9 am. Lisbon, Portugal, in the start of his five-day European tour which will also take him to Spain, France, the Vatican and Italy. The president’s main objective is to gain the support of these countries for the negotiations he is leading with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Paris Club.

The Aerolineas Argentinas plane left Ezeiza last night and landed at Humberto Delgado Airport in the Portuguese capital at 01:01 local time, 9:01 in Argentina.

The entourage that accompanies Fernández is made up of the first lady, Fabiola Yañez; Minister of Foreign Affairs Felipe Solá; the Minister of Economy, Martín Guzmán; the Secretary General of the Presidency, Julio Vitobello; the secretary for strategic affairs, Gustavo Beliz; and the Secretary of Communication and Press, Juan Pablo Biondi.

This day, the president will hold a meeting with his Portuguese counterpart, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, reported official sources.

Meanwhile, on Monday, the delegation will participate in a lunch offered by the Prime Minister, Antonio Costa, and in the afternoon the flight will leave that will take them to Spain, where Fernández you will meet King Felipe VI at the Palacio de la Zarzuela in the morning, and at noon he will have lunch with his Spanish counterpart, Pedro Sánchez, in the Palacio de la Moncloa.

The last stop will be in Rome on Thursday, where the president will visit Pope Francis at the Apostolic Palace in the morning and afternoon, he will meet the President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella then he will have a working meeting with the President of the Council of Ministers, Mario Draghi.