President Fernandez to attend Summit of the Americas, secures bilateral with Biden
President Alberto Fernández confirms to US government that he will travel to Los Angeles for key regional summit next week, despite reservations over exclusions.
President Alberto Fernández will travel to Los Angeles for the upcoming Summit of the Americas and has secured a much-anticipated meeting with US President Joe Biden in Washington in July.
After weeks of back-and-forth and internal debate over whether to attend next week’s high-profile event in the United States, the Peronist leader will represent his country at the June 6-10 summit, while also acting as a representative of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). Argentina currently holds the pro-tempore presidency of the bloc.
In exchange for his attendance, Fernández has been rewarded with a face-to-face meeting with Biden in Washington next month – a long-held desire of the Frente de Todos leader. That visit is tentatively scheduled for July 25. The president is expected to be in Los Angeles on June 9 and 10 for the event’s final days.
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Sources close to the Presidency said that Fernández had quoted Pope Francis while talking to his Catholic US counterpart, saying that "wheat cannot be used as a weapon of war."
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