With Biden’s envoy to Buenos Aires, the Argentine ambassador was received by Xi Jinping

Geopolitics is more and more present, and Argentina’s decision to consolidate in Russia and China is attracting more and more attention in the White House. While the White House’s principal adviser for the Western Hemisphere on security matters, Juan González, held meetings in Argentina with President Alberto Fernández, the head of the Chamber of Deputies, Sergio Massa, and others officials, the Argentine government decided to agenda with China.

In a rare event, Argentina’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Sabino Vaca Narvaja, personally presented the credentials sent by the President, Alberto Fernández, to that country’s President, Xi Jinping. The ceremony took place at the Beijing People’s Palace. There operates the People’s Assembly, which is the main political body in China.

Credentials are sent from head of state to head of state and formally grant diplomatic accreditation to an individual to be their ambassador to the country of the head of state receiving the letter.

Two months ago, Sabino Vaca Narvaja was appointed ambassador by the Senate of the Argentine Nation, after that body’s Agreement Commission approved his specifications. In addition, last January, China granted him the diplomatic placet in record time.

Despite the fact that President Joe Biden sent his chief advisor for the region to Argentina, during a trip in which Brazil was excluded, the White House’s look at relations with Beijing was not enough for the Argentinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is changing your strategy for global engagement.

Vaccine diplomacy is the prevailing one and while awaiting the early arrival of the AstraZeneca vaccines from the United Nations Covax plan, which could arrive over the weekend, Casa Rosada has decided to maintain its line with China further taking into account that a shipment of one million doses of Sinopharm vaccine is expected in the short term.

All this after González’s statements that although he maintains a certain distance in his public statements regarding Argentina’s relations with China and Russia, he referred to “vaccine diplomacy”.

“We are not going to blame the Argentine government for obtaining vaccines to immunize its people.” However, he said: “We will be the world leader in the response to the pandemic. Let it be clear: when we administer vaccines, we are not going to do it in exchange for political agreements. We will do it because it is in the national interest of the United States that Argentina and the countries of the region recover because if they recover, we recover ”.

An example of this is, as Infobae published yesterday, that the Defense Ministry is working on the possibility of conducting combined exercises with the Chinese armed forces.

But, in addition to the deepening of relations signified by the political gesture that Xi Jinping received from Vaca Narvaja, the governors this afternoon joined the strategy of strengthening relations with China.

The Federal Investment Council has launched a new comprehensive program for the integration of the central region in the People’s Republic of China. During the launch ceremony, words of welcome were delivered by CFI Secretary General Ignacio Lamothe. Then, the governors Juan Schiaretti (Córdoba), Gustavo Bordet (Entre Ríos) and Omar Perotti (Santa Fe) took the floor. The ambassadors of the two countries, Sabino Vaca Narvaja and Zou Xiaoli, as well as many chambers of commerce also participated.

The program includes a training cycle on culture and business, promotional actions based on business tours in complementary strategic sectors, and an institutional, technical, commercial and investment attraction mission from the central region to the People’s Republic of China. In addition, there will be technical assistance and financing for changes in the production matrix, product adaptation and export pre-financing.

“There are more than 420 registered companies, more than 120 Argentine registered companies, 15 Chinese companies and 12 chambers of commerce participating in this event.” declared CFI secretary general Ignacio Lamothe.

The relationship with China is very marked by the investment capacity while European and American capital. Since 2005, Argentina has received infrastructure investment projects from the Chinese government, worth more than $ 30.6 billion, which until 2019 represented 39% of the total commitment made by the Asian country in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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