Buenos Aires, September 17 (EFE). – Argentine President Alberto Fernández will attend the 78th General Assembly of the United Nations on Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th, which will be held in New York City in the United States This is reported by official sources on Sunday.
The head of state, who attended the G77+China summit in Havana this weekend, traveled to the United States accompanied by Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero; the Secretary General of the Bureau, Julio Vitobello, and the Speaker of the Bureau, Gabriela Cerruti.
The Argentine president’s official agenda in the United States begins on Monday with a high-level meeting with businessmen at the headquarters of the Americas Society Council of the Americas (AS/COA).
On Monday afternoon, the Argentine President will give a talk at the Sustainable Development Goals Summit (SDG) in the dialogue “Agents of Change: Applying Science, Technology, Innovation and Data for Transformative Action.”
On Monday evening, Fernández will meet with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and then take part in a closed meeting with members of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) and the African Union.
The Argentine head of state will take part in the general debate of the General Assembly on Tuesday.
The 78th session of this UN body is themed “Restoring trust and reactivating global solidarity” and aims to accelerate action under the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals.
On Tuesday afternoon, Fernández will attend the opening of the high-level event “Towards a fair international financial architecture” organized by the Spanish government and then speak at the general debate of the 78th General Assembly of the United Nations.
The Argentine’s official agenda ends with the reception of the President of the United States, Joe Biden, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Cafiero met this Sunday in New York with his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, with whom he agreed on a technical visit to promote Emirati investments in mining, renewable energy and infrastructure, thus increasing Argentina’s export offerings .
Ministers signed a memorandum of understanding on cybersecurity and cyber cooperation to consolidate joint actions and technical and human resources in detecting, preventing and eliminating the impact of computer attacks and to improve cooperation in responding to computer security incidents.