Tag: Hector Timerman

• Tuesday, May 15th 2012 - 08:25 UTC

  Argentina further delays the dredging of a River Plate canal vital for Uruguay

  

  Argentina formally requested Uruguay to jointly audit the River Plate Administrative Commission, CARP for alleged corruption claims involving the maintenance of the Martin Garcia canal, and which emerged in the Uruguayan press.

• Tuesday, May 15th 2012 - 08:16 UTC

  Italian lawmakers support “a more relevant role” for Argentina in the Malvinas dispute

  

  Forty-eight Italian senators and lawmakers expressed their public support for Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands in a letter sent to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the Argentine Foreign Ministry announced on Monday.

• Monday, May 7th 2012 - 04:11 UTC

  Timerman tells Hammond world is safer with creativity than “bombing civilians”

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman replied to recent demands of an apology made by UK Defence Minister Phillip Hammond over a controversial Olympic advert shot in the Falkland Islands, and urged London to “honour the deaths of those who died in the 1982 conflict by constructing peace.”

• Wednesday, May 2nd 2012 - 04:58 UTC

  Argentina UN Security Council non permanent member starting January 2013

  

  Argentina received support across Latin America and the Caribbean to become the non-permanent representative for the region at the UN Security Summit for the 2013-2014 period the Foreign Ministry informed on Tuesday.

• Friday, April 27th 2012 - 11:30 UTC

  Timerman replies to De Gucht rejecting “unacceptable” arguments and “tone”

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman said the recent criticism from the European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht regarding the YPF expropriation is “unacceptable,” and assured that it “surprised him due to his tone and approach”.

• Tuesday, April 24th 2012 - 21:20 UTC

  Timerman caught by EU Commissioner De Gucht in a major diplomatic blunder

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman is in the middle of a major diplomatic blunder through a baffling series of statements regarding a letter sent by the EU to his office last week, according to a report published in the Buenos Aires Herald.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 23:05 UTC

  Argentine Foreign ministry says BP not interested in developing Falklands’ oil

  

  British oil giant BP will not be involved in exploration or production activities in the Falkland Islands, according to the Argentine Foreign Affairs ministry which just a few days ago sent threatening letters to oil industry and financial corporations which could be working or assessing in the disputed South Atlantic waters.

• Sunday, March 25th 2012 - 10:27 UTC

  Under pressure from government ‘Twitterman’ Timerman off the air

  

  This last week when twitter was celebrating its sixth year, Argentina’ Foreign Affairs minister, the official which made most use of the social network finally decided to close its account and come off the air.

• Thursday, March 22nd 2012 - 22:10 UTC

  Argentina warns UK and US market regulators about ‘illicit’ oil activities in the Falklands

  

  Argentina has asked British and US market regulators to probe whether oil companies that are involved in hydrocarbons exploration off the disputed Falklands/Malvinas Islands have told investors about the risks of their “illicit” drilling, the Argentine Foreign Ministry reported.

• Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 06:32 UTC

  Argentina denies protectionism; claims imports in 2011 soared 30%

  

  Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman said on Tuesday “there is no country” in the world that can say Argentina is protectionist and claimed it is the G20 member that saw imports soar most between 2010 and 2011.