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Argentina’s foreign minister pledges unchanged ‘China-friendly’ policy during visit aimed at steadying strained ties

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi welcomes Argentina’s top diplomat Diana Mondino in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua
Alyssa Chen
Argentina’s China-friendly policy remains unchanged no matter how its internal situation evolves, the country’s foreign minister said on Tuesday in Beijing, as the South American country moves to stabilise strained bilateral ties following President Javier Milei’s election win in December.
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“No matter how Argentina’s internal political situation changes, its friendly policy toward China will not change,” Diana Mondino told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, according to a foreign ministry statement.

She said Argentina would continue to cooperate on various projects under the Belt and Road Initiative, including infrastructure construction, trade, investment, tourism, space, ocean and environmental protection.

Mondino, whose four-day visit to China finished on Wednesday, was accompanied by senior financial officials, including Central Bank President Santiago Bausili and Secretary of Finance Pablo Quirino, as well as a large business delegation of Argentine exporters.

It was Mondino’s first visit to China since she took office in December.

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Wang hailed the China-Argentina comprehensive strategic partnership and called for deeper cultural exchanges at local levels, adding that Beijing would like to be Argentina’s “long-term and reliable cooperation partner”.

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