Macri receives Evo Morales Monday with a program including gas, health and Venezuela – Telam

President Mauricio Macri will meet with Bolivian President Evo Morales on Monday at Casa Rosada, who will make an official visit to the country during which he will badyze border issues, the continuity of gas marketing contracts and the evolving political situation. in Venezuela, as confirmed by official sources.

The two leaders will also badyze the agreements on health and the possibility of adding Bolivia to the organization of the 2030 Football World Cup, which Argentina intends to hold with Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile.

The bilateral meeting will take place at 12 o'clock at Casa Rosada and, beyond the ideological differences between the two presidents, the agenda of the issues to be dealt with is very broad, according to what they detailed from Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

One of the most notorious differences will be the question posed to the Venezuelan situation, since Morales continues to strongly support the continuity of Nicolás Maduro's regime.

The validity of the gas supply contract until 2026 will be another problem to be badyzed, and it is planned to finalize a renegotiation based on a new pricing system that will allow Argentina to generate a savings of $ 460 million, according to estimates made by the Secretariat for Energy, led by Gustavo Lopetegui.

As part of these negotiations, Argentina has offered Bolivia a stock of Pampa III aircraft, manufactured at the Fadea plant, which the neighboring country would use to monitor its borders in the face of the threat of smuggling and smuggling. drug.

This is why, after the meeting, Macri and Morales plan to settle at El Palomar Air Base to oversee these planes.

Medical care provided to Argentinian and Bolivian citizens on both sides of the border has generated diplomatic frictions on the basis of the measures taken in this regard by the governor of Jujuy, Gerardo Morales.

In this case, it is expected that it will be badyzed and an agreement concluded providing for special attention in the event of a health emergency and the guarantee of health benefits presenting a high risk.