02/09/2020 - 18:11
- Clarín.com
- Politics
The Argentine ambassador to the United States, Jorge Argüello, gave details about his meeting with the American president, Donald Trump , in the White House, where he got support in the renegotiation of the debt.
Argüello said the meeting was "cordial, positive" and that the first thing the US president asked was "how is Argentina."
"Beyond the formalities, the first thing I have to register is that there is an interest in how the situation in our country evolves," said Argüello.
In addition, Argüello said he had found a "good disposition in general by the officials of the different areas of the US government , starting with President (Donald) Trump, to address the problem that Argentina presents regarding foreign debt."
The ambassador also considered that one must be "reasonably optimistic" against the support obtained in Europe by the government, in the face of the new negotiation of the debt with the IMF, and considered that "all the necessary steps are being taken" to address those conversations
"All the necessary steps are being taken so that we can face in the best way a negotiation process that is difficult, that is very hard, that is arduous," Argüello said in dialogue with Radio 10.
He stressed that this process "is led by President (Alberto) Fernández and Minister Martín Guzmán," while he defined himself as "only one arm of that strategy."
After Fernandez's tour of Europe and Trump's gestures of support for the country, Argüello considered that "it was a good week in the actions aimed at generating the negotiations conducive to a good debt renegotiation."
The new ambassador said that in the support obtained "there is a dose of gestures" typical of diplomacy, but also "doses of reality" , and that is why he said that "we have to be reasonably optimistic and continue betting on the solvency of the seriousness showing the design of the strategy by Guzmán. "
Argüello recalled in the interview that he was five years ambassador to the United Nations at the headquarters of New York and two years ambassador to Washington with the governments of Nestor and Cristina Kirchner.