Uruguayan president José Mujica’s controversial statements generated a strong response from the National Government, who summoned the Uruguayan ambassador to warn him that such comments are “unacceptable, denigrating and offend the memory a dead person,” in reference to former President Néstor Kirchner.
A few hours after Mujica’s statements were made public, Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman met in his office with ambassador Guillermo Pomi, and presented him with a written protest.
“The Foreign Ministry would like to let the Uruguayan Embassy know of the deep discomfort created by President José Mujica’s statements regarding late President Néstor Kirchner.
The statement released by the Ministry adds that “it is unacceptable for Argentina that these denigrating statements that offend the memory and office of a dead person, unable to reply or defend himself, were particularly made by someone who Dr. Kirchner considered his friend.”
The statement also said that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner “would not be making any statements on the matter.”
“The Ministry considers that the historic relationship that binds both nations should not be affected by expressions that offend those who represented the Argentine Republic and its people,” the statement indicated.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald