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The chancellor Felipe Solá rejected the statements from the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the change of management, Jorge Faurie, which linked the presence of the nuclear submarine Greeneville in the South Atlantic to the visit – which did not materialize – of the US coastguard vessel Stone in the country.

“They want to invent a conflict with the United States that does not exist“, underlined Solá, who on the other hand accused the administration of Mauricio Macri of having had” an attitude of submission “.

“There is no tension with the government of the United States. They want to invent a conflict that does not exist,” Solá said in dialogue with Radio Nacional.

He thus referred to statements to the press by Faurie, his predecessor, who considered that in the event of the presence of the American nuclear submarine in the waters of the South Atlantic “we should not disconnect it from the American patrol boat USCGC Stone, who could not carry out the planned activity in Argentinian waters “.

Solá, in response, recounted the alternatives of a possible visit by the US Coast Guard vessel Stone, which ultimately did not take place due to logistical issues.

“In no case did we reject the stone, but rather we said that an artillery ship, a warship, could not carry out inspection maneuvers, because the Constitution states that it must require authorization from Congress to enter Argentine waters, ”he said.

And he added: “We didn’t have this permit and there was no time. The law makes an exception, which is an official visit, and in this case you can enter without Congress approving it. . “

“We told them that they could enter Mar del Plata under these conditions, but we remember that there are specific regulations for the Covid, that is to say that they could not go ashore and that the inhabitants of our prefecture could not come and greet them. This was the letter that the Minister of Security (for Sabina Frédéric), on behalf of the Prefecture, wrote after consultation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense. There was no intention to arrest anyone, ”noted the Chancellor.

And then he added: “the chief admiral of the American prefecture just said 36 hours ago that they had no political problem, only logistical problems to enter Mar del Plata.”

Further, Solá said that the expressions of the former Foreign Minister (for Faurie) were made “on behalf of Cambiemos and in accordance with the policy of permanent submission”, after which he accused him of “bad faith. “and to have” bad memory “.

“Wanting to scare us, as Mr. Faurie claims, to tell us that since a coast guard did not enter, which is a small ship, then a nuclear submarine was sent, is to think that he you always have to be afraid and be on your knees, ”he stressed, referring to the words of his predecessor.

“This is what the Macri government has been doing for four years. Not out of fear, but out of submission,” he said.

“We do not dismantle, like the Macri government, as long as we continue to follow,” concluded the official.

Asked about the publication from the official Twitter account of the Commander Submarine Force Atlantic (an area of ​​the US armed forces that corresponds to the submarine force of the Atlantic Fleet of that country), the Minister replied: “We have responded from the Department of Foreign Affairs, in consultation with the Ministry of Defense, and of course, with President Alberto Fernández, with a statement in which we highlighted some issues that are of great concern to us. “

This involved marking that the United Nations General Assembly declared a zone of peace and cooperation in the South Atlantic and urged all states of military importance to scrupulously respect this region, according to the Minister of Affairs. foreigners.

“This is not the first time Argentina has marked this, as there is a powerful British military base in the Falkland Islands, which was done with the excuse of the problem with our country,” said Solá, who pointed out that 39 years ago. since the Falklands War and, since then, “we have never had an attitude of hostile warfare or anything like that”.

The chancellor said that “the chief admiral of the American prefecture just said 36 hours ago that they had no political problem, but rather logistical one, to enter Mar del Plata.” The chancellor said that “the chief admiral of the Americana prefecture just said 36 hours ago that they have no political, but logistical, problem to enter Mar del Plata.”

Foreign Minister Felipe Solá on Sunday rejected statements by former Cambiemos administration foreign minister Jorge Faurie, who linked the presence of the nuclear submarine Greeneville in the South Atlantic to the visit – which did not materialize – from the US Coast Guard vessel Stone to the country.

“They want us to invent a conflict with the United States that does not exist,” said Solá, who on the other hand accused the administration of Mauricio Macri of having “an attitude of submission”.

“There is no tension with the US government. They want us to invent a conflict that does not exist,” Solá said during a dialogue with Radio Nacional.

He thus referred to statements to the press by Faurie, his predecessor, who considered that in the event of the presence of the American nuclear submarine in the waters of the South Atlantic “we should not disconnect it from the American patrol vessel USCGC Stone, who could not carry out the planned activity in Argentine waters “.

Solá, in response, recounted the alternatives of a possible visit by the US Coast Guard vessel Stone, which ultimately did not take place due to logistical issues.

“In no case did we reject the stone, but rather we said that an artillery ship, a warship, could not carry out inspection maneuvers, because the Constitution states that it must require authorization from Congress to enter Argentine waters, ”he said.

And he added: “We didn’t have this permit and there was no time. The law makes an exception, which is an official visit, and in this case you can enter without Congress approving it. . “

“We told them that they could enter Mar del Plata under these conditions, but we remember that there are specific regulations for the Covid, that is to say that they could not go ashore and that the inhabitants of our prefecture could not come and greet them. This was the letter that the Minister of Security (for Sabina Frédéric), on behalf of the Prefecture, wrote after consultation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense. There was no intention to arrest anyone, ”noted the Chancellor.

And then he added: “the chief admiral of the American prefecture just said, 36 hours ago, that they did not have a political problem, but a logistical problem to enter Mar del Plata.”

Further, Solá said that the expressions of the former Foreign Minister (for Faurie) were made “on behalf of Cambiemos and in accordance with the policy of permanent submission”, after which he accused him of “bad faith. “and to have” bad memory “.

“Wanting to scare us, as Mr. Faurie claims, to tell us that since a coast guard did not enter, which is a small ship, then a nuclear submarine was sent, is to think that he you always have to be afraid and be on your knees, ”he stressed, referring to the words of his predecessor.

“This is what the Macri government has been doing for four years. Not out of fear, but out of submission,” he said.

“We do not dismantle, like the Macri government, as long as we continue to follow,” concluded the official.

Asked about the publication from the official Twitter account of the Commander Submarine Force Atlantic (an area of ​​the United States armed forces which corresponds to the submarine force of the Atlantic Fleet of that country), the Minister replied: “We responded from the Department of Foreign Affairs, in consultation with the Ministry of Defense, and of course, with President Alberto Fernández, with a statement in which we highlighted some issues that are of great concern to us. “

This involved marking that the United Nations General Assembly declared a zone of peace and cooperation in the South Atlantic and urged all states of military importance to scrupulously respect this region, according to the Minister of Affairs. foreigners.

“This is not the first time Argentina has marked this, as there is a powerful British military base in the Falkland Islands, which was done with the excuse of the problem with our country,” Solá said, who pointed out that 39 years ago. since the Falklands War and, since then, “we have never had an attitude of hostile warfare or anything like that”.