Mauricio Macri will speak at the summit of the BRICS, with an eye on investments

The government is trying to attract more investment. For this, President Mauricio Macri will participate this Friday in Johannesburg, South Africa, the Tenth Summit of BRICS where has already met the leaders of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and China, Xi Jinping.

Macri will participate as a guest on the last day of the country group meeting with the most powerful emerging economies in the world, including Brazil, Russia, the United States, and the United States. India, China and South Africa.

The President will hold a bilateral meeting with South African Cyril Ramaphosa, and two exchanges with the re-elected President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and that of Brazil, Michel Temer. He will also have a working lunch and the BRICS Plus initiative, which brings together the invited heads of state.

During the BRICS Outreach Dialogue Session of Heads of State and Government, Macri will speak as the G20 Pro Tempore President.

The Argentine Head of State arrived at noon on Thursday and held bilateral meetings with Putin and Xi Jinping, and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The government's search for investments at the meeting is not a coincidence. The BRICS countries represent just over 40% of the world's population and their total participation in the global economy has increased from 12% to 23% over the last decade.

This summit is marked by strong messages from the bloc for the defense of multilateralism and free trade, in an international context conditioned by the unilateral and protectionist drift of the United States government.

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Dialogue Session of the Heads of State and Government BRICS Outreach

Exchange with the President of Brazil, Michel Temer.

Exchange with the President Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Working lunch of the Heads of State and Government BRICS Outreach

Bilateral meeting with the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa.

How the meetings of Thursday

Macri met with world leaders in Johannesburg, where he participates in the X summit of the BRICS block, which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Invited Argentina as temporary chairman of the G20, the head of state held meetings with his counterparts in Russia, Vladimir Putin, and China, Xi Jinping, for the purpose of Attract investment. Later, he will meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

At the meeting, they talked about rail capital investments. The Russians in Argentina, although for the moment we do not know if there will be ads. A few days ago, the Russians sealed their participation in one of the public private investment (PPP) projects in the railway sector.

Argentina's investments in Argentina rose from more than 20 USD In commercial terms, Argentina sold last year products for 510 million US dollars to Russia, especially fruits and the fish. Macri wants to open the markets for agricultural machinery, quality beef cuts and processed dairy products.