Mauricio Macri met the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates

The meeting was the last leg of Macri's Asia tour, where he made official visits to India and Vietnam to strengthen trade relations with these countries, increase the trade balance and find investors for Argentina in the short term.

The Prince, who had already met Macri in Buenos Aires in 2018 on the occasion of the meeting of the G20 countries, entertained the Argentinean president with a dinner attended by Chancellor Jorge Faurie and Secretary of Foreign Affairs . Strategic, Fulvio Pompeo, among other officials.

During conversations, the interest of United Arab Emirates participate in calls for tenders in Argentina and opportunities for exchange, cooperation and joint work presented in different fields such as transport, defense, renewable energies, mining , infrastructure and agricultural development, said the Presidency of the Nation in a statement.

The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven independent states located in the center of the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula, with an area of ​​77,700 square kilometers. Its economy has comparative advantages for Argentina, one of the world's leading logistics centers, a major transportation hub and a major fairground in the Gulf region.

The trade balance was surplus for Argentina in 2017, amounting to US $ 169 million, with exports concentrated in agri-food products, which account for 75% of bilateral trade.

The main products exported to the Gulf region are soybean oil, seamless tubes, corn, beans and soy beans, wheat, sunflower oil, poultry meat, dairy products and sunflower seeds.

Currently, UAE investment funds are helping to finance hydropower and infrastructure projects in the provinces of Neuquén, Santa Fe and Córdoba and badyze investment opportunities in the agri-food sector.

IN ADDITION:

Mauricio Macri met with Phu Trong, President of Vietnam

Macri arrived in Abu Dhabi from Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. This was the second leg of his tour in Asia. At the closing of a professional forum bringing together nearly one hundred Argentine businessmen, he said that "Asia is the region". what else can help us develop our trade and our investments, and Vietnam is an increasingly important partner to project us. "

Presenting business opportunities in Argentina, the President said that "a little over three years ago, we embarked on a path of profound change, leading to greater accountability, start with taxation, with more jobs, clear rules of the game, a more efficient state and closer to the private sector so that together we can work to the development of the country on the basis of the l & # 39; impulse of private initiative ".