Macri will receive US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo – Telam

President Mauricio Macri will receive US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Residencia de Olivos. During his tour of Latin America, he arrived in Argentina to participate in the "Second Hemispheric Ministerial Conference on the Fight Against Terrorism".

Official sources confirmed in Telam the Argentine President's meeting with Pompeo, who will also meet Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie.

The State Secretary's official activity will begin at 10 am, when he will attend an event held at AMIA Headquarters, as part of the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the 39th anniversary of the Secretary of State. terrorist attack against the Jewish mutual, which took place yesterday.

There will be Chancellor Faurie, President of AMIA, Ariel Eichbaum, other Jewish community authorities and several foreign ministers come to Buenos Aires to participate in a conference against terrorism to be held at eleven o'clock in the palace of San Martín.

According to the Government, foreign ministers and authorities from nearly twenty countries in the hemisphere are invited to this meeting.

His antecedent is a first lecture on the subject held in Washington last December, where it was agreed that Argentina would be the next place.

After a camaraderie lunch at the San Martín Palace, where the presence of Security Minister Patricia Bullrich and Secretary of Strategic Affairs Fulvio Pompeo, among other officials, is expected, a brief meeting between America North and Chancellor Faurie.

At age 15, press conference with the conclusions of the forum. Pompeo will then go to Macri in Olivos.

According to the US State Department, during its tour of the Pompeo region, "it will expand cooperation on security issues and highlight the US commitment to democracy, human rights and the multiplication of economic opportunities for our citizens ".

"It will also reaffirm the support of the peoples of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela in their struggle for democracy and against repression," added the minister.

He also said that in Buenos Aires, Pompeo "would meet individually" with President Macri, Foreign Minister of Chile (Teodoro) Ribera and Foreign Minister of the Bahamas (Darren) Henfield, to strengthen collaboration . promoting the security of citizens, developing trade and investment and promoting democratic governance. "

After spending the day in Buenos Aires, Pompeo will leave to continue his tour in Ecuador, Mexico and El Salvador.