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MFA Press Statement: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan's Meetings in Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic, 7 April 2017

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Argentina

8 April 2017

Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan met Argentine Minister of the Treasury Nicolas Dujovne and Argentine Minister of Modernisation Andres Horacio Ibarra in Buenos Aires on 7 Apri...

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      Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan met Argentine Minister of the Treasury Nicolas Dujovne and Argentine Minister of Modernisation Andres Horacio Ibarra in Buenos Aires on 7 April 2017.  Minister Balakrishnan and Minister Dujovne agreed to work together to explore greater cooperation between Singapore and Argentina in trade and investment.  Minister Ibarra expressed interest in Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative and discussed how both sides could cooperate in using technology and innovation to improve the quality of living. 

      At the invitation of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship Susana Malcorra, Minister Balakrishnan met the Mercosur Foreign Ministers – Aloysio Nunes Ferreira of Brazil, Eladio Loizaga of Paraguay, and Rodolfo Nin Novoa of Uruguay, who were in Buenos Aires to attend the first Mercosur-Pacific Alliance Ministerial Meeting. The Ministers exchanged views on regional integration efforts and developments, and expressed support for deeper engagement between Singapore, Mercosur, and ASEAN.

     Minister Balakrishnan also had a separate bilateral meeting with Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs Aloysio Nunes Ferreira.  This was their first meeting since Minister Nunes’ appointment as Foreign Minister.  The Ministers reaffirmed the warm and long-standing friendship between Singapore and Brazil, and welcomed the upcoming 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Brazil and Singapore in November 2017.  They discussed opportunities to further strengthen trade and investment, and people-to-people linkages.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE 

8 APRIL 2017


Two men in suits shaking hands in front of a mural.

Meeting between Argentine Minister of the Treasury Nicolas Dujovne and Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, 7 April 2017. [Credit: MFA, Singapore]

Two men in suits pose before the flags of Somalia and Singapore.

Meeting between Argentine Minister of Modernisation Andres Horacio Ibarra and Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, 7 April 2017. [Credit: MFA, Singapore]

Five people stand in suits before flags and a portrait in an ornate room.

Meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Mercosur and Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, 7 April 2017. [From left to right: Minister of Foreign Affairs Eladio Loizaga (Paraguay); Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship Susana Malcorra (Argentina); Minister of Foreign Affairs Aloysio Nunes Ferreira (Brazil); and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rodolfo Nin Novoa (Uruguay).] [Credit: MFA, Singapore]

Two men in suits shaking hands, one with an Indonesian flag pin on his lapel.

Meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs Aloysio Nunes Ferreira of Brazil and Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, 7 April 2017. [Credit: MFA, Singapore]

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