And he added: LThe Argentines were also all the same, none of them in uniform. We were all in the same capacity as civilians, we were all equal. “If we want to do something openly misunderstood, we can. Part of the sentence may be missing”, He expressed to leave aside the fact that he has expressed himself in that sense to indicate that the Chinese population has no differences between its inhabitants.
The official said, then, that national authorities participated in those control committees at the base (which were made after the United States hinted that there could be military personnel at the station located in Neuquén lands – something that the Executive always denied). , diplomats, experts and assured that his comment was in reference to them. “We are all in the same capacity as civilians; the argument surprises mebut hey, it doesn’t matter,” he said.
Mondino highlighted “the importance of the visit to the space station, which was what he was talking about,” and assured that “China’s cooperation on these issues is one of those that has captured the popular imagination.” In addition, he highlighted that “there is also a European base (in Malargüe) that was visited a day before or a day after.”
“In both cases, the visits to the two stations were made with civilian personnel. If we want to put a bad word or something discriminatory to everything that is said about China, and well… I was referring to the fact that there was no one in uniform,” he added.
Dina Mondino’s controversial sayings
After the United States ambassador warned about the possible presence of the Chinese Army at the space base located in Neuquén, the national government ordered inspections to be carried out at the Patagonian establishment and at the European base in Malargüe. After the processes, Foreign Minister Diana Mondino stated that no military personnel were identified because “the Chinese are all the same.”
“Those who were involved in the investigation did not identify that there were military personnel. They are Chinese, they are all the same“, indicated the Minister of Foreign Affairs in statements to Clarín.
The controversial phrase arose in response to a question about whether military personnel had been identified at the base located in Argentine Patagonia, to which the United States government paid special attention and was the topic of conversation with the general of the Southern Command, Laura Richardson, in early April.
“Inspections have already been carried out at the Chinese and European Space Stations. It was the same team for both and in the same week, those teams did not perceive anything strange,” explained Mondino.
“Because in the Chinese base, not only the equipment can be used, but for a certain amount of time. And Argentina is not taking advantage of that,” said the chancellor, adding: “They did not identify that there were military personnel – They are Chinese, they are all the same.”
