“The idea that the Argentine government is trying to decouple from China is not correct; on the contrary… the relationship between Argentina and China has resulted in broad benefits for both parties,” Marcelo Suarez Salvia, Ambassador of Argentina to China, told the Global Times in an exclusive interview. He noted the Argentine government’s willingness to continue deepening cooperation with China under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and welcomes more Chinese enterprises to invest in Argentina.
Earlier, Argentine President Javier Milei has announced his plan to visit China in January 2025, South China Morning Post reported. In a television interview earlier this month, Milei described China as a “very interesting commercial partner” and said he was “positively surprised by China,” a stark contrast to his earlier hostile rhetoric, according to media reports. Details of the visit are yet to be confirmed, the ambassador said, while noting that “what I can say in advance is that, being the first official high-level meeting since Milei’s inauguration as President of Argentina last December, Milei will seek to engage in direct and frank conversations to learn firsthand about the measures and reforms that have led China down a path of undeniable economic development, with a significant poverty reduction impact and eradication of extreme poverty in China.”
