“Boris Johnson, the other day, seemed to have no interest in continuing the negotiations when he spoke with President Fernandez.” With this strong statement, the US ambassador to Argentina, Marc Stanley, expressed his position on national sovereignty in the Malvinas Islands. He did it in a statement in the National Senate, in which he added that he would love – he said, in a personal capacity and not as a spokesman for the North American country – “to see a negotiation between the two parties.”
Stanley also stated that he “hates the Malvinas dispute” between Argentina and England for “several reasons”. “We cannot sell arms to Argentina that contain British parts. In addition, the conflict prevents more British investments in Argentina,” he added.
“We desperately want a strong relationship with Argentina”
In his statement in the Blue Room of Congress, requested by Stanley himself, the ambassador assured his country “desperately” intends a “strong relationship” and an “association” with Argentina. “There is a lot we can work on. In fact, we have companies from the United States waiting at the door to enter their country,” he added.
Regarding the renegotiation of the millionaire debt that Mauricio Macri’s administration acquired with the Monetary Fund, the diplomat mentioned that the agreement was “impressive” and emphasized that he saw “an opportunity that occurs once a generation for Argentina.” “Now they have economic challenges. And it’s a big wave. The world needs fuel and food. And you have all that,” he added, referring to the energy and food crises that the world is going through after the war in Europe.
The meeting in the Blue Room was attended by the president of the Commission, the San Luis official Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, and the members of the Frente de Todos Silvia Sapag, from Neuquén; Gerardo Montenegro, from Santiago del Estero; Guillermo Andrada, from Catamarca; Pablo Yedlin, from Tucumán; Inés Pilatti Vergara, from Chaco, and Silvina Larraburu, from Río Negro, and her ally, Clara Vega from Rioja. For Together for Change, meanwhile, missionary Humberto Schiavoni, Lucila Crexell from Neuquén, Víctor Zimmermann from Chaco and Mariana Juri from Mendoza were present.