Tag: Hector Timerman

• Friday, December 13th 2013 - 12:57 UTC

  Argentina surprised by EU request to delay another month trade negotiations with Mercosur

  

  The European Union has asked for a one-month delay in the exchange of proposals to kick off free-trade negotiations with Mercosur, Argentine Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich confirmed on Thursday. The news was first reported by Sao Paulo newspapers on statements from Brazilian Foreign minister Luiz Fernando Figuereido.

• Monday, December 2nd 2013 - 12:13 UTC

  Argentina's Malvinas claim reaffirmed by Mercosur associate member, Guyana

  

  Argentina thanked Commonwealth member Guyana for its strong support in the Malvinas Islands question and underlined the excellent bilateral relations in all fields, during the official visit of Foreign minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett to Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, November 30th 2013 - 19:49 UTC

  Panama reaffirms support for Argentina's Malvinas claim and promotes 'friendship groups' at congressional level

  

  Panama Foreign minister Fernando Núñez Fábrega underlined his country's traditional and committed support for Argentina's sovereignty claims over the Malvinas and other South Atlantic Islands and their adjoining maritime spaces, an issue that was discussed during this week's visit to Buenos Aires, a special guest of his peer Hector Timerman.

• Monday, November 25th 2013 - 07:58 UTC

  Argentina reveals further negotiations with Iran on the AMIA bombing case

  

  Argentina expressed support for the agreement reached on Sunday in Genève by the world powers regarding Iran's nuclear program and also revealed it has been holding a round of talks in Teheran to advance with the implementation of the AMIA Memorandum of Understanding.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2013 - 06:38 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: Visiting MPs refuse to organize working group on the Islands sovereignty

  

  A group of visiting British MPs and Lords refused to organize a working group over the issue of Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty with their Argentine counterparts during a visit to Congress in Buenos Aires on Tuesday.

• Monday, November 4th 2013 - 05:38 UTC

  Malvinas: Panama reaffirms support for Argentina; disregards links with Falklands

  

  Panama reaffirmed its support for Argentina and its sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands following on a complaint from Buenos Aires regarding a trip of Panamanian lawmakers to the Islands invited by the local government

• Wednesday, October 30th 2013 - 07:29 UTC

  Argentina expands political relationship and cooperation with the Caribbean

  

  Argentina pledged to strengthen its relationship with the Caribbean Community (Caricom) saying that it was also looking to develop new areas of integration with the Caribbean under the paradigm of south-south cooperation, reports the Jamaica Observer from Georgetown Guyana.

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2013 - 01:33 UTC

  Argentina signs with Belize a South/South cooperation agreement in several fields

  

  As part of Argentina's foreign policy to increase links and cooperation with the Caribbean, Foreign minister Hector Timerman and his peer from Belize, Wilfred Elrington signed a South to South cooperation agreement which covers several fields and opens trade opportunities.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2013 - 05:45 UTC

  Malvinas: Argentina invites Chagos group to expose contradictions in UK's decolonization policy

  

  Argentina's Foreign minister Hector Timerman will receive on Tuesday Olivier Bancoult, president of the Chagos Refugees Group, the entity which represents the 'Chagossians' forcibly ousted from their lands by the United Kingdom. The administration of President Cristina Fernandez pretends to expose contradictions in the UK's approach to the Chagos case and the Falklands sovereignty dispute.

• Thursday, October 17th 2013 - 21:19 UTC

  Uruguay ambassador in Buenos Aires blames Minister Almagro for rough relations with Argentina

  

  “There are no relations, diplomatic relations (between Argentina and Uruguay) are managed by Zanini and me” confessed Uruguayan ambassador in Buenos Aires Guillermo Pomi to Argentine opposition lawmaker Elisa Carrió.