ARGENTINA: Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos meets with President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her husband Nestor Kirchner, the UNASUR Secretary-General

Record ID: 446565

  • Title: ARGENTINA: Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos meets with President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her husband Nestor Kirchner, the UNASUR Secretary-General
  • Date: 28th July 2010
  • Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (JULY 26, 2010) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) (*** FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ***) EXTERIOR OF GOVERNMENT HOUSE VARIOUS OF MEETING BETWEEN ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER AND COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT JUAN MANUEL SANTOS VARIOUS OF UNASUR SECRETARY-GENERAL NESTOR KIRCHNER MEETING WITH FUTURE COLOMBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MARIA ANGELA HOLGUIN IN MEETING VARIOUS OF HOLGUIN WITH KIRCHNER IN NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) UNASUR SECRETARY-GENERAL NESTOR KIRCHNER, SAYING: "We have to work hard to construct the coexistence of the Latin American people and the world. It hurts a lot, sometimes, when differences emerged between people in the region. We, Argentina, have suffered from these types of situations on many occasions and under no circumstance do we want these situations to repeat themselves. So that is why I say it was a, exemplary meeting, very good." VARIOUS OF SANTOS MEETING WITH KIRCHNER
  • Embargoed: 12th August 2010 13:00
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  • Location: Argentina
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA85QBL7ROJYZIXA54RXM3IIN6H
  • Story Text: Colombia's President-elect Juan Manuel Santos was in Argentina on Monday (July 26) as Venezuela said it was beefing up its troop presence along its Colombian border as a diplomatic spat between the two countries worsened.
    Santos is on a regional tour before assuming the presidency on August 07.
    The tour was preplanned but after talks with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, he also met with Fernandez' husband and UNASUR Secretary-General Nestor Kirchner, who is assisting mediation efforts in the Venezuelan feud.
    Santos has been muted about the latest rift with Caracas, but Kirchner said their talks were constructive.
    "We have to work hard to construct the coexistence of the Latin American people and the world. It hurts a lot, sometimes, when differences emerged between people in the region. We, Argentina, have suffered from these types of situations on many occasions and under no circumstance do we want these situations to repeat themselves. So that is why I say it was a, exemplary meeting, very good," Kirchner said.
    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez broke off diplomatic ties with Colombia last week, bringing the countries' troubled relations to a new low after Bogota alleged that his government allowed leftist Colombian rebels to operate bases there.
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