(CNN Spanish) — China and Argentina are “comprehensive strategic partners,” the spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Wenbin, said at a press conference this Thursday, referring to the visit that Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino will make to the country on the 28th, 29th and 30th. of April.
“Both China and Argentina are important developing countries and important emerging economies. The two countries are integral strategic partners. China is willing to work with Argentina to continue deepening bilateral mutual political trust and promote constant growth,” Wang commented as reported by the Chinese Embassy in the United States on its official website.
Foreign Minister Diana Mondino will visit Shanghai and Beijing from April 28 to April 30, according to a statement released this Tuesday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina.
Mondino will meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, among other authorities, according to the letter. And she will be accompanied “by a large business delegation from various sectors, representative of Argentina’s exportable offer.”
Mondino will also visit Paris, Brussels and Lisbon
After China, Mondino will travel to Paris to attend the Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which will take place on May 2 and 3.
At this meeting, according to the statement released by the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the announcement of the roadmap for Argentina’s accession process to the OECD is expected.
Subsequently, Mondino will travel to Brussels, where he will have meetings with representatives of the European Union, including the Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, and the Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, with whom he will discuss the trade negotiations between the EU and Mercosur. (made up of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay), and ahead of the meeting of the Argentine-EU Mixed Commission that will take place in Buenos Aires on June 6.
Finally, the Argentine chancellor will meet in Lisbon with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Paulo Rangel, and will be received by the president of that country, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and by the prime minister Luis Montenegro.
China was Argentina’s second trading partner in 2023, surpassed only by Brazil and followed by the European Union, according to a report from the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs prepared with data from the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) and released in January this year.
