The announcement came after ForeignMinister Héctor Timerman met with his Russian counterpart (photo courtesy of Casa Rosada)
Argentina has been invited to join the sixth Brics Summit, due to take place in July in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza. The country will join the bloc of major emerging economies, made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
The news was released by Russia after a meeting between the country’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Argentine counterpart Héctor Timerman, which saw the ministers sign a joint declaration on the non-proliferation of arms in outer space.
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is currently the only non-bloc head of state who will attend the summit, and some analysts believe this is the latest indication that there is interest in Argentina joining the group, who between them are responsible for a quarter of the world’s economy.
China also recently announced a state visit to Buenos Aires in July.
The Casa Rosada responded to the news as being “a new sign that the country is not isolated from the world, but ever more and ever better integrated”.
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