The message of Mauricio Macri to Indian entrepreneurs: "The future lies in every regional economy and not in the federal capital"

President Mauricio Macri arrived Sunday New Delhi, capital of the Republic of India, where will leave tomorrow with his state visit to this Asian country. The Argentine president, accompanied by the first lady, Juliana Awada, He made a brief stop in the city of Agra before visiting the Taj Mahal.

In this framework of activities, the head of state ordered the businessmen who accompany him during his official visit to Asia. "Let's go out and work as a team to sell what we can do," he told them, while saying that this trip represents a "great opportunity" Strengthen, expand and diversify trade links with the Asian nation.

Among other points, Macri said that Argentina had "70 years of relations" with India, where there had always been "affection, affinity and respect", although it ensured that In terms of trade negotiations, the country was "left behind".

In this line, he expressed the desire, gradually, "go down rates and approve new products "and considered of vital importance for SMEs. Thus, the president took the lead in the negotiations so that they can present their products and services and conclude sales agreements in India.

The president said that this trip would be the fifth time that he was seeing Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi in three years, as part of "a process of knowledge, building trust and rapprochement". "This opens up opportunities and I hope that you will find partners and companies that support them in the development of their projects in Argentina and companies that help us sell here what we are capable of doing," he said. he added.

Shortly after arriving in New Delhi, Macri met with a hundred Argentine businessmen., mainly SME representatives from a dozen provinces, who are accompanying their tour in Asia and will participate in two days of the Argentina-India Business Forum.

The President further pointed out that, along with India and Vietnam, the second stopover of his trip, opened important trading spaces, mainly in the technology industry and in the business sector. l & # 39; diet. "

"We are here after going through enormous difficulties, which we are still solving, because we are not yet in the place we want and we all know it," acknowledged the chief of l & # 39; State.

"We must all continue to work so that we understand that the way a country grows and develops is that all the SMEs that accompany us they become medium and large sized companies in large companies and so we grow and generate jobs and opportunities"he said.

In another part of his message to the businessmen, the president asked them to play a leading role and "present every day in the debate about how macroeconomics is orderly and how a country is supposed to generate work all over Argentina". "The future is there in every regional economy and not in the federal capital," he said.