Argentinean FM meets her Chinese counterpart in Beijing

Record ID: 102855

  • Title: Argentinean FM meets her Chinese counterpart in Beijing
  • Date: 19th May 2016
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (MAY 19, 2016) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER WANG YI SHAKING HANDS WITH ARGENTINEAN FOREIGN MINISTER SUSANA MALCORRA, WALKING TO NATIONAL FLAGS, POSING FOR PHOTOS AND LEAVING MEETING IN PROGRESS WANG SPEAKING MALCORRA AND OTHER ARGENTINEAN OFFICIALS SEATED MALCORRA SPEAKING WANG AND OTHER CHINESE OFFICIALS SEATED MALCORRA SPEAKING WHILE OTHER ARGENTINEAN OFFICIALS SEATED MEETING IN PROGRESS WANG AND MALCORRA WALKING TO PODIUM IN FRONT OF MEDIA MEDIA SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER WANG YI SAYING: "Both of us agree to support each other in issues relating to mutual core interests. We appreciate the lady foreign minister's reiteration that Argentina would resolutely abide by the one-China policy. China will as always support Argentina's efforts in safeguarding sovereignty and territorial integrity." REPORTER ASKING QUESTION WHILE MEDIA SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ARGENTINEAN FOREIGN MINISTER SUSANA MALCORRA SAYING: "We have also spoke about the Earth-observation Neuquen Base, the minister says will be for civil use, exclusively, which was a concern for part of the Argentinian civil society, so from that point of view we are also ok with this. Recapitulating: we had a change of administration, we have agreements with the Argentinian States and the new administration is doing efforts to make sure this agreements are totally on line with our priorities and now we are reaching the point at which we can totally confirm this is so." BRIEFING IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER WANG YI SAYING: "The deep space station you mentioned just now is a key project for cooperation between the two countries in the field of space (exploration) for civilian purposes. I confirm to you that this is a project for civilian purposes, undoubtedly. Argentina can also use it after the completion of this project, meanwhile the deep space station will be open to the public. We believe the successful establishment of this project will further push forward cooperation in the fields of aviation, space and high tech between the two countries." WANG AND MALCORRA SHAKING HANDS, POSING FOR PHOTOS AND LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 3rd June 2016 09:44
  • Keywords: China Argentina Beijing foreign minister Wang Yi Susana Malcorra
  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA
  • City: BEIJING, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0014IH32H1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Argentinean Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra met her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Thursday (May 19).
    Wang welcomed Malcorra with a handshake before sitting down for a meeting.
    At a joint news briefing, Wang expressed China's willingness to work with Argentina in various fields.
    "Both of us agree to support each other in issues relating to mutual core interests. We appreciate the lady foreign minister's reiteration that Argentina would resolutely abide by the one-China policy. China will as always support Argentina's efforts in safeguarding sovereignty and territorial integrity," said Wang.
    China is now building a space station in Argentina's southern Patagonian region, which both foreign ministers said it would serve civilian purposes.
    "The deep space station you mentioned just now is a key project for cooperation between the two countries in the field of space (exploration) for civilian purposes. I confirm to you that this is a project for civilian purposes, undoubtedly. Argentina can also use it after the completion of this project, meanwhile the deep space station will be open to the public. We believe the successful establishment of this project will further push forward cooperation in the fields of aviation, space and high tech between the two countries," Wang told media at a briefing.
    Relations between Argentina and China tightened under former leftist leader Cristina Fernandez. President Mauricio Macri promised during last year's presidential race to review all new contracts with China but has shown no sign of doing so. Among those deals were an agreement to finance and build two nuclear power plants in Argentina in a deal worth up to $15 billion.
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