(CNN Radio Argentina) - President Alberto Fernández and Pope Francisco held a meeting at the Vatican Library on Friday and talked for 44 minutes, as part of the Argentine president's tour of Europe that will include bilateral meetings with Ángela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, Giuseppe Conte, Sergio Mattarella and Pedro Sánchez.
"Francisco must have put all the topics on the table of conversation with Alberto ," said this morning the former Argentine ambassador to the Holy See, Eduardo Valdés, in statements at Café con Pepe .
In this regard, the national deputy considered on CNN Radio that "Alberto is going to do very well the tour he is doing" because "he wants to convince those who have decisions about the International Monetary Fund" in the framework of the negotiation for debt Argentine external
Then, Valdés highlighted "the way Alberto is doing and perhaps the Pope opens more doors", even with the renegotiation with the Fund and private creditors.
"Holy Father, what a pleasure to see you, " said the Argentine president when he met the Supreme Pontiff, while after being in a private meeting the president gave the Pope gifts that were chosen under the suggestions of the Secretariat of Worship.
Then, Francisco handed the President a medallion-shaped sculpture that has an olive tree, a vine and a dove, as a symbol of peace.