Tag: Susana Malcorra

• Friday, May 13th 2016 - 07:39 UTC

  Argentina and UK agree on the need to identify areas of cooperation in the South Atlantic

  

  Argentina and UK agreed to disagree on the Falklands/Malvinas question, but coincided that the issue should not be an obstacle for the development of a wider positive agenda. Furthermore the two countries agreed on the need to identify possible areas of cooperation in the South Atlantic, such as exploitation of natural resources, and connectivity between the continent and the Islands.

• Friday, May 13th 2016 - 05:42 UTC

  Falklands' government prepared to explore potential cooperation with Argentina

  

  Britain reiterated interest in strengthening relations with Argentina in areas of mutual interest, but also underlined London's position regarding the Falkland Islands remains unchanged, while from Stanley, the Falklands' elected government expressed its willingness to explore a potential cooperation with the Argentine government.

• Thursday, May 12th 2016 - 04:42 UTC

  EU and Mercosur exchanged market access offers; beef and ethanol excluded as 'sensitive' products

  

  Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and the Foreign Affairs Minister of Uruguay Rodolfo Nin Novoa, on Wednesday exchanged EU and Mercosur offers on access to their respective markets of goods, services and establishment and government procurement. However this first exchange excluded 'sensitive' items such as beef and ethanol, according to EU sources. The details of the documents exchanged were not made public.

• Thursday, May 12th 2016 - 04:06 UTC

  Malcorra/Hammond meet in London: Falklands and confidence building mechanisms in a long agenda

  

  Argentina's foreign minister Susana Malcorra will be in London this Thursday to attend a global summit on combating corruption, and is expected to meet with her peer Philip Hammond, and probably address the Falklands issue, according to Argentine official sources. Malcorra is accompanied by Fulvio Pompeo, Secretary for Strategic Affairs from Argentina's presidency, and a very close advisor to president Mauricio Macri.

• Wednesday, May 11th 2016 - 09:48 UTC

  Argentina prepared to support Malcorra's nomination to UN Secretary General post

  

  Argentina's foreign minister Susana Malcorra most probably will be sponsored by president Mauricio Macri as a candidate to replace the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon who is stepping down next November, according to government sources quoted by La Nacion.

• Thursday, May 5th 2016 - 05:17 UTC

  The Falklands/Malvinas 'pending issue' will be addressed by Malcorra in London beginning with confidence building

  

  Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra said she plans to meet with British officials to address a multiple agenda and a “pending issue”, in the framework of a transparency meeting scheduled to take place in London.

• Thursday, April 21st 2016 - 05:11 UTC

  Chile downplays Argentina's continental shelf extension which included Falklands and Antarctic territory

  

  A strong controversy is expected following statements from Chilean officials who downplayed the significance of the recent UN continental shelf maritime extension referred to Argentina and which included the Falklands, South Atlantic Islands and Antarctica territory.

• Monday, April 18th 2016 - 09:46 UTC

  Mercosur/EU trade deal is “no bed of roses” and “we're just beginning”

  

  Despite growing optimism among Mercosur member countries of reaching a trade agreement with the European Union, Argentine minister of foreign affairs Susana Malcorra has cautioned that the road ahead is not “a bed of roses”, and the coming exchange of goods and tariff reduction proposals “will not satisfy any of the two sides”, but that is where “serious discussions begin”.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2016 - 17:54 UTC

  Gibraltar and Falkland Islands governments joint statement on Spain and Argentina comments

  

  Gibraltar and Falkland Islands flatly deny any “colonial situations” as was referred to by the foreign ministers of Spain and Argentina, and regret profoundly that two large countries with democratic credentials “seek to gang up to bully two very small territories and in the process completely ignore the right of their people to choose what they want to be”.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2016 - 06:47 UTC

  Argentina and Spain agree to re-launch closer political and trade relations

  

  Argentina and Spain have decided to re-launch bilateral mechanisms that have been “asleep” for too long, promoting political and trade relations, said Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra who on Monday met with her visiting Spanish peer, Jose Manuel García/Margallo.