29.04.2015, Strategic Culture Foundation http://www.strategic-culture.org (Russia),
Фонд стратегической культуры http://www.fondsk.ru (Россия)
2015
will mark the 130thanniversary of the establishment of diplomatic
relations between Russia and Argentina. There is no question but that the
remarkable progress that has been made in recent years in various aspects of their bilateral
cooperation is propelling Moscow and Buenos Aires onward toward new frontiers.
During the official visit to Moscow of the president of Argentina, Cristina
Fernández de Kirchner, on April 21-23, the two parties signed 20 documents,
notably among them a Joint Statement on the Establishment of a
Russian-Argentine Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
The
Argentine president is charting her own course independently of the US and is working to accelerate Latin
American integration under the auspices of organizations such as UNASUR, Celac, and ALBA. Hugo
Dragonetti, a key government figure involved with infrastructure projects in
Argentina, called Cristina Fernández’s visit to Russia «a challenge to the
United States», who continues to behave as if Latin America were its own
backyard.
The
cooperation between Russia and Argentina is a laudable example of equal and
mutually beneficial relations. Argentines have welcomed Uralmash’s proposal to
work together to create a business to manufacture petroleum equipment. Russia
also supplies turbines for Argentina’s hydroelectric plants. There is talk of
using Russian expertise to help update the Argentine-Uruguayan Salto Grande
hydroelectric plant. The Russian company Inter RAO-Export has won a tender for
the right to build a new hydroelectric plant. And Rosatom has become involved
in the project to construct the sixth Atucha nuclear reactor. These agreements
will give Argentina access to the most up-to-date Russian technology that meets
the
