Russia and Argentina have signed a number of documents extending the partnership between the countries. The agreements were signed on Saturday in the presence of Russian president Vladimir Putin and president of Argentina Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
During negotiations with his counterpart Putin said that since 2009 the countries are working on implementation of plan bring their relations to the level of strategic partnership. Russian leader noted that Argentina is one of the Russia's partners of high priority in Latin America. The work is omnidirectional and the commodity circulation between countries last year rose more than 16 per cent, he said. There are three documents among those that have been signed, which concern jural sphere. The head of Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation Alexander Konovalov affixed his signature to interstate agreement on mutual judicial help on criminal cases, to interstate agreement on transfer of persons sentenced to imprisonment and to extradition treaty. The communication minister of Russian Federation Nikolai Nikiforov signed interservice agreement on mass-media cooperation. This treaty permits maintaining round-the-clock broadcasting of Russia Today channel for Argentinians. "for the first time Spain-language version of the broadcast to be able on a single button for audience of one of the Latin American countries" - commented on earlier Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov. It will help Russia and Argentine news agencies expand contacts and exchange information, Putin said after expanded talks. Special attention will be paid to the development of cultural relations, he said. "The tour of the Mariinsky Theatre and the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra in Argentina became a good tradition. Annual festivals of Argentine tango are very popular in Russia," Putin said. Head of Russia's nuclear state corporation, Rosatom, Sergei Kiriyenko signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. Russia's President Vladimir Putin hopes that an agreement on cooperation in the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes will provide the foundation for nuclear interaction between both countries. Big prospects will be opened in nuclear engineering. Russia's state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, takes part in a tender for building the Atucha third unit, Putin said. Russia possesses of high tech in erecting nuclear power plants that are economically efficient and meet the toughest security and environment standards, the Russian president said. Putin hopes that Russian companies will be actively involved in a programme for modernising generating capacities in Argentina and building new power plants. "Inter RAO intends to take part in the construction of the Chihuido hydro plant. Its capacity will reach 637 MWt and the price will be of 2 billion US dollars," Putin said at expanded talks on Saturday. Russia's Silovye Mashiny carry out a contract on turbine supplies for the Putna Negra hydropower unit at the amount of 19 million US dollars. "The company is ready to take part in modernising the Argentine-Uruguayan Salto Grande hydroelectric dam. Both parties work on the Argentina-Patagonia hydroelectric project," Putin said. Russia hopes for a positive decision on installing a GLONASS monitoring station in Argentina, Russia's President Vladimir Putin said. "We intend to strengthen cooperation in high tech, including in space," Putin said after expanded talks on Saturday. Special attention will be paid to expanding military-technical cooperation. "Today we've discussed projects in this field - supplies of helicopters and cargo transport aircraft to Argentina for the joint work in Antarctica," Putin said. President Putin arrives in Argentina in course of Latin American tour: Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, has arrived in Argentina on an official visit. He will hold negotiations with Argentinean President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Following the negotiations the countries are expected to sign several bilateral agreements. Reporters will be waiting for the leaders to give a news conference. This is Vladimir Putin's first visit to Argentina. The Russian president has been touring Latin American countries. He has already been to Cuba and Nicaragua. After a day-long visit to Argentina, Putin will head for Brazil, TASS reports. Putin makes unplanned visit to Nicaragua: The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has changed the schedule for his Latin American tour and arrived a brief working visit in Nicaragua. Making his way from Cuba to Argentina on Saturday, the Russian leader decided on a stopover in Managua, where he had earlier been officially invited. At Managua airport, he was welcomed by Nicaraguan President, Daniel Ortega. Also refer to: Russia ready to collaborate with all Latin American countries - Putin: "Much is yet to be done to develop our relations, especially in the economic area, but we have a good basis for that," Putin said, adding that Russia and Nicaragua had long-standing good relations. "We admire personal courage and the courage of your people," he told Ortega. The Russian leader recalled that the year 2014 is a jubilee for Russia and Nicaragua, which established diplomatic relations 70 years ago. The Nicaraguan leader called Putin’s visit to his country a historic event. "This is the first-ever visit by the Russian president to Nicaragua, and we are very happy to welcome you here," he said. Ortega reassured Putin that Nicaragua supported Russia's peace efforts. "We are ready to take part in Russia’s initiatives on maintaining peace for the entire planet and its regions," he said. "Conflict settlement lies not in bombing but in reasonable approaches. The most vital thing is to lend an ear to the will of the people". The Russian delegation included Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, presidential aide, Yuri Ushakov, and oil major Rosneft's CEO, Igor Sechin. Nicaragua's delegation included the Nicaraguan president's envoy for trade-and economic and investment cooperation with Russia, Laureano Ortega, Deputy Foreign Minister, Valdrak Jaentschek, co-chairman of the Russian-Nicaraguan intergovernmental commission on economic and technical research cooperation, Commander-in-Chief of the Nicaraguan Army, Julio Cesar Aviles, and President of energy company Enatrel, Salvador Mansell. Putin promises to support Cuba on surmounting US blockade: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia will help Cuba to overcome the illegal blockade imposed on it by the United States. This he said after a meeting with the President of the Council of State of Cuba Raul Castro. Also, Vladimir Putin said that Russia is interested in placing GLONASS system in Cuba. Also refer to: Putin meets Cuba's Comandante Fidel Castro: "Russia is interested in placing GLONASS ground stations in Cuba. And in this case, the Cuban side will have access to services and satellite communications technologies in the area of the station," said the President after talks with the chairman of the State Council of Cuba Raul Castro. According to RIA Novosti, the Russian-Cuban intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the space sector was signed in February 2013. It is expected that it will come into force shortly. Thus, there will be legal basis for the work on the creation of GLONASS ground stations in Cuba. Also refer to: Putin writes off 90 percent of Cuba's debts to USSR: Also Vladimir Putin said to reporters after a meeting with the President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba and of the Council of State of Cuba Raul Castro that Construction cost of four units for thermal electric power station built by Russia "Maxime Gomez" and "East of Havana" will amount to 1.2 billion Euros. ""Inter RAO" Company " intends to build four thermal generating units for power plant "Maxime Gomez" and "East of Havana" total cost of 1.2 billion Euros," - said the president. Following the talks, in the presence of Putin and Castro "Inter RAO - Export" and Union Electrica signed a memorandum of understanding on the signing of the contract for construction in Cuba four units with a capacity of 200 megawatts. Source: Article
