After the warning from the United States and the agreement that Javier Milei and a US military chief sealed for a naval base in Antarctica, Neuquén came out to state its position for the Chinese Space Station in the province. The government of Rolando Figueroa
asked for "maximum transparency" in activities, respect for contracts
and encouraged the national government to carry out controls.
In a statement, the Neuquén government expressed that "
it is essential to guarantee legal certainty in compliance with established contracts and agreements
. Maximum transparency must also be ensured in the development of the activities that are the subject of said agreements."
"In the face of Argentine society in general and Neuquén society in particular,
all pertinent controls must be carried out - if necessary - by the Argentine national government
, to ensure effective compliance with all those items included in the agreements and guarantee, at the same time, that there are no possibilities of any activity that is not duly contemplated," the document reads.
Furthermore, the Secretary of Planning and Institutional Linkage of the Province of Neuquén, Leticia Esteves, confirmed that "this government has
an unwavering commitment to transparency with society as a whole
and this case does not escape that premise."
As Clarín
learned
from high official sources,
the Casa Rosada is already "reviewing" the letter of the contract signed with China
to evaluate the measures to be taken. "We are reviewing the contract, it is not clear. Something strange happened with the base and they were given a territory where you practically cannot enter," explained a senior official.
The government of Rolando Figueroa established a position on the Chinese base in Neuquén. Photo Juano Tesone
The US ambassador to Argentina, Marc Stanley, had raised doubts about the activities inside the space station.
"With respect to the Chinese, I am surprised that Argentina allows
the Chinese Armed Forces to operate in Neuquén, secretly
, doing who knows what. I understand that these are Chinese army soldiers who operate this space telescope, I don't know what do, I think the Argentines don't know it either, and they should understand why the Chinese are deployed there," said the diplomat in dialogue with
La Nación
.
Neuquén clarified that the Station is a project of the Chinese National Agency for Satellite Launch, Tracking and General Control (CLTC) and the National Commission for Space Activities (Conae). "On December 22, 2012, a tripartite agreement was signed between these organizations and the province of Neuquén; the following year construction began; in April 2015, the antenna assembly tasks began and it began operating in 2017," he explained. .
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