ARGENTINA: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner hosted her Irish counterpart, Michael Higgins, in the government palace

Record ID: 447127

  • Title: ARGENTINA: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner hosted her Irish counterpart, Michael Higgins, in the government palace
  • Date: 13th October 2012
  • Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (OCTOBER 11, 2012) (REUTERS) GENERAL VIEW OF EXTERIOR OF ARGENTINA'S GOVERNMENT PALACE ARGENTINE AND IRISH FLAGS FLOWN OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT PALACE ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CRISTINA FERNANDEZ ENTERS ROOM TO AWAIT IRISH PRESIDENT MICHAEL HIGGINS' ARRIVAL HIGGINS ENTERS ROOM VARIOUS OF FERNANDEZ AND HIGGINS SHAKING HANDS FERNANDEZ SEATED AT A TABLE WITH HIGGINS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM BOTH ARGENTINA AND IRELAND GENERAL VIEW OF THE GROUP CONVERSING VARIOUS OF FERNANDEZ GIVING HIGGINS SOCCER CLUB JERSEYS BEARING THE NAME ALMIRANTE (ADMIRAL) BROWN VARIOUS OF THE ARGENTINE NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM JERSEY
  • Embargoed: 28th October 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Argentina
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA1QW6J8F9QSCWY4AIA7PTBCPO9
  • Story Text: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner hosted Irish President Michael Higgins late Thursday (October 11) at the government mansion as part of Higgins' two-week South American tour.
    Higgins began his trip in Chile, where he met with President Sebastian Pinera, and next travelled to Brazil to meet President Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
    Talks with the South American leaders have centred on boosting trade and tourism to Ireland whose economy has been battered by the euro zone crisis.
    In between meetings with heads of state, Higgins has visited members of the Irish diaspora to pay tribute to Irish immigrants. He has also presented papers criticizing unregulated trade.
    As a demonstration of the two countries' historic ties, Kirchner gave the president of Ireland jerseys from local soccer clubs named in honour of Admiral Guillermo Brown, the first Irish-born, nationalized Argentine admiral in Argentina's navy.
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