Wednesday, July 18th 2012 - 09:03 UTC

Argentina will attend Ibero-American summit next November in Spain

Argentina will be attending the Ibero-American Summit to be held November 16/17 in the Spanish city of Cadiz confirmed the International Cooperation Secretary of State for Ibero-America, Jesús Gracia Aldaz.

Jesus Gracia Aldaz made the announcement

“We have assured the presence of practically every head of state from Mexico to Brazil, from Chile to Central America. We have some doubts regarding Venezuela because of the electoral situation next October, but Argentina has confirmed attendance” said Gracia Aldaz.

However he did not confirm if President Cristina Fernandez would be travelling to the summit or Vice president Amado Boudou. Since the seizure by Cristina Fernandez of YPF from Repsol relations between Madrid and Buenos Aires are not at their best.

Gracia Aldaz indicated he was convinced the Ibero-American summit would function, even when “its success or failure will always be measured by the presence of heads of State”.

But one of the great advantages of this kind of events is that “heads of State have the chance to meet on their own and can speak openly and directly about certain issues that need a degree of discretion”.

Likewise as to the agenda of the meeting, “the contents will be very high level, from infrastructure problems to drugs, insecurity: all the issues and challenges that have emerged in the successive ministerial meetings”.

With that purpose Gracia Aldaz revealed that in recent months there has been a raft of meetings in Spain with different Latinamerican ministers: from cabinet chiefs to Interior, Industry, Commerce, Finance and “next week we’ll have all those with responsibility in employment and jobs”.

Gracia Aldaz strongly defended the Ibero-American summit describing it as “a space for dialogue, for family talks and to search for solutions to regional and bilateral problems which only come to underscore an existing reality: the intense and close network of relations of Latin America with Spain”.

Finally he recalled that despite other regional integration forums such as the Summit of the Americas or the EU/Latin America summit, “the Ibero-America event was the first to bring together back in 1991 the heads of state from Latin America, Spain and Portugal in their own environment”.
 

Published in: Politics, Argentina, Latin America.
Tags: Argentina, Ibero-American summit Spain, Jesus Gracia Aldaz, Spain.

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1 British_Kirchnerist (#) Jul 18th, 2012 - 10:26 am Report abuse
Hope Cristina does go to Spain, and maybe stops off in Britain =)
2 Clyde15 (#) Jul 18th, 2012 - 11:11 am Report abuse
Yes, but will she get out again. Have you plans to kidnap her and take her to your love nest ?
I presume that the Falklands will be the most important item on the agenda. After all, spiraling debts, inflation and mass unemployment are nothing as to this. The UK will be blamed for all the world's ills again.
After all, if you speak Spanish, then it is mandatory to think in this way.
I wonder if Christina will legislate to bring this into the Argentinian constitution ?
Ho Hum.
3 Ken Ridge (#) Jul 18th, 2012 - 11:18 am Report abuse
CFK is too frightened to go, she's upset the Spanish and although she's good at arranged conferences, she is actualy a frightened little girl in reality.
4 briton (#) Jul 18th, 2012 - 11:35 am Report abuse
Apparently she will only attend meetings if the Falklands claim,
is on the agenda,
.
5 Captain Poppy (#) Jul 18th, 2012 - 12:03 pm Report abuse
Maybe there is a some lead with a full metal jacket with KFC engraved on it. One can wish.
6 briton (#) Jul 18th, 2012 - 12:11 pm Report abuse
To our American friends,

enjoy
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2175154/Stunning-images-turn-century-New-York-vestiges-stone-buildings-slow-slung-skyline.html#ixzz20yW0RQSd
7 Condorito (#) Jul 18th, 2012 - 04:28 pm Report abuse
BK you should talk to the Spanish judge Juez Garzon to put out an arrest warrant for her as one of his self-promoting stunts. Then you could visit her every day in jail. Go on, do it, listen to the voices.
8 Simon68 (#) Jul 18th, 2012 - 04:46 pm Report abuse
BK please listen to Condorito, please, please listen to him, it is the right thing to do!!!!!!!
9 slattzzz (#) Jul 18th, 2012 - 04:51 pm Report abuse
love to be a fly on the wall on that one as she gets herself ripped a new a*^”hole, mind you she'll probably be history be then anyway
10 briton (#) Jul 18th, 2012 - 07:34 pm Report abuse
Poor BK ,
just like CFK ,
they want something they can never have .

[ and not just each other ] lol.
11 JPhillips (#) Jul 18th, 2012 - 09:22 pm Report abuse
I have a sneaking suspicion CFK won't be going, but the likely reason will be because she'll probably no longer be a head of state in November!
12 slattzzz (#) Jul 18th, 2012 - 10:19 pm Report abuse
she'll never go will send that other idiot Tinman and watch him embarrass them even more with his stuttering shite. Bet he mentions the Falklands and Gib though and how they should all stand together against the imperialistic Brits, and again get told to FUCK OFF and stop wasting our time, by the way you owe us a few bob for repsol, these twats will never learn, what will poor Bk do when botox head has fooked off to her luxury beach somewhere with fatboy waiting on her, maybe get a job in a tissue factory, IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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