Chinese premier Wen Jiabao and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
While speaking before guest Chinese premier Wen Jiabao, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner ratified the strategic alliance between China and Argentina and highlighted that “there are new global realities and Argentina is trying to be an actor in them,” and assured that both nations “share common goals.”
At the same time Jibao recalled that back in 2004, then President Néstor Kirchner and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao signed the a strategic association between both nations.
Joined by Vice-President Amado Boudou and members of the Cabinet, Fernández de Kirchner greeted the Chinese premier, who arrived in Buenos Aires on Saturday for a two-day visit.
At a ceremony in the Bicentenary Museum at the Government House, the President also recalled the official reinstatement of diplomatic relations between both countries took place on February 19th, 1972.
“In these last 40 years the world has changed more than it did in the last 200. Having you here today is not only a great honour, it is also the acknowledgement of the new global realities in which Argentina wants to be an actor, and in which China is the main actor,” she said.
“We are joined by the same goals: achieving peace and prosperity for our people. It is important to make the GDP grow, but if that is not accompanied by social inclusion then you usually have problems,” she added.
Before closing, the President also thanked the premier and the Chinese government for supporting Argentina on its sovereignty claim over the Malvinas islands.
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