After the act of May 25 led by Cristina Kirchner, it became known that the officials closest to her would go to China. It is the Minister of Economy, Sergio Massathe deputy and son of the vice president, maximum kirchnerand a gigantic entourage that already has an agenda scheduled for its first days in Asia.
Among the most important points, the head of the Palace of Finance will have a meeting with the governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), Yi Gang, with whom they will seek the renewal and expansion of the currency SWAP with Chinese. This is not a minor detail because through this exchange they will seek to strengthen the reserves of the Central Bank in the absence of dollars.
In addition, Sergio Massa will have a meeting with the Chinese Finance Minister, Liu Kun, to establish conditions and obtain financing bilateral agreement for infrastructure works in Argentina. The next day, on Wednesday, they will meet with authorities from the Tibet Summit Resources company whose axis will be the promotion of investment in mining development and lithium extraction, according to NA.
Finally, the minister will meet with the directors of the Ganfeng Lithium company and the Tsingshan Holding Group company. There they will also talk about investments in terms of mining, but related to other provinces in northern Argentina. Basically, they will go in search of financing and investments thinking about the future.
The exaggerated Argentine entourage in China
The particular thing about this case is that in addition to Sergio Massa and Máximo Kirchner, on the flight they will go Diego GiulianoMinister of Transportation of the Nation; Juan Manuel OlmosDeputy Chief of Staff of the Nation; Cecilia Moreaupresident of the Chamber of Deputies of the Nation; Flavia RoyonSecretary of Energy of the Nation; Juan José Bahillo, Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Nation; and Marco BoardSecretary of Economic and Financial Affairs of the Nation.
In addition, they will be present Miguel Ángel PescePresident of the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic; Agustin Gerezpresident of ENARSA; Leandro GorgalUndersecretary of International Financial Relations for Development; Sabino Vaca narvajaArgentine Ambassador to China and national deputies Maximum Kirchner, Paula plume y Diego Sartori.
In addition to this good flow of people, it must be added that each of them will go with their advisers or second-line officials who answer to each of the aforementioned agencies. Thus, the first flight of the new presidential plane with a capacity for 39 people seems to be full to Asia in search of investment and financing.
