Cafiero met with the Prime Minister of South Korea

Cafiero met with the Prime Minister of South Korea

“This must contemplate aspects that are essential for our ties, such as strengthening cooperation, cultural ties, exchanging experiences and trajectories, and seeing how we can continue to intertwine the challenges that we have in a world with so much uncertainty, to advance in balanced economic development and balanced,” he said. chancellor.

“The Argentina As a stable producer and supplier of food, energy and strategic minerals, with its scientific-technological framework, with its pharmaceutical development, it has much to strengthen commercial relationships that go beyond the great growth that our exchange had from 2002 to 2021, which grew exponentially. reaching 2.3 billion dollars last year, but we also see that it is too sectorized and we must expand those relationships; we have challenges that link our technology sector with that of Korea, such as the satellite issue, defense industries, among others”, he remarked coffee.

On the Argentine side, the Secretary for International Economic Relations, Cecilia Todeca Bocco; the Argentine ambassador to Korea, Alfredo Bascou; the Undersecretary for Trade and Investment Promotion, Guillermo Merediz; the Undersecretary for Multilateral and Bilateral Economic Negotiations, Ramiro Odorqui; Undersecretary of Mercosur and International Economic Negotiations, Federico Perini; the National Director of Official Missions, Ramiro Velloso, officials from the National Directorate for Bilateral Economic Relations, the Directorate for Economic Relations with Asia and Oceania, and the Directorate for Asia and Oceania.

On the Korean side, CHO Hyundong, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs; JANG Myung-soo, Korean Ambassador to the Argentine Republic; PARK Sung Keun, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister; KANG Jae Kwon, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister; AHN Sung-il, Vice Minister of International Trade and Legal Affairs; CHOI Jong-uk, Director General for Latin American and Caribbean Affairs; PARK Jung Wook, Vice Minister of the Committee for Expo 2030 Busan and JUNG Hyunchul, Director General of International Cooperation.

Todesca Bocco He stressed that “Argentina is willing to work with all companies and develop projects. Our objective is very clear: we need to locate investments in our country, create jobs, export, diversify our export matrix. We are a powerful, reliable partner, a country that lives in peace and is a platform for food and energy production. We also have applied scientific and technological capabilities that make us an important partner. For us, Korea is a strategic partner, and that is the way we want to navigate the next 60 years: hydrogen, lithium, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and the green and circular economy are words that mark that path”.

Directors of AySA participated from the Argentine private sector; Biogésesis Bagó; Catena Zapata Winery; Peñaflor Group (Trapiche); conarpessa; Cooperative Confederation of the Argentine Republic (Cooperate) Goldmund SA (markets under the Peabody brand); Pro Weaving Foundation; and Techint.

From the Korean private sector, executives from the Korea Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) participated; Cheil Worldwide; Hansung AR SA; Hyundai Motor Group; Korean Register of Shipping; LG Electronics Argentina SA; Pantos Logistics AR SA (LX); Posco International Corporation; Posco S.A.; Samsung Electronics Argentina S.A.

Trade relations between the two countries have developed favorably, and have shown exponential growth, going from a total bilateral trade of approximately USD 400 million in 2002 to a total trade of USD 2,368 million in 2021 (with Argentine exports for USD 1,720 million and imports from Korea of ​​USD 648 million).

Source: Ambito

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