Alberto Fernandez met former US Secretary of State John Kerry

President Alberto Fernandez met John Kerry for about an hourThe United States Special Envoy for Climate for the North American government, as part of the head of state’s high-level diplomacy meetings on his Europe tour. They started meeting alone and then they joined Felipe Sola, Martin Guzman and Gustavo Bellez.

Former Secretary of State John Kerry is a front-line official in the US President’s administration, Joe BidenAnd the main political commitment to float the “green” agenda of the Paris Agreement in 2015, which was signed by Barack Obama and then abandoned by his predecessor, Donald Trump. This international treaty establishes a global framework to avoid dangerous climate change, which aims to limit the rise in global temperatures to two degrees Celsius, above pre-industrial levels, and continue efforts to bring them down to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Climate hub at the present time It is one of the high-level points of agreement that the government of Alberto Fernandez and Joe Biden has maintained. The Paris Agreement is a legal instrument that obliges parties to adopt measures and convergence around the goals of curbing global warming, to the extent that they abide by that document.

The meeting took place at the Hotel Regina in Rome, located on Via Veneto, the modern and distinctive avenue of Italy’s capital. President Alberto Fernandez sought to endorse his intention to move forward with policies that mitigate climate change against Kerry and thus deepen the dialogue with the White House, in a context that needed his support in negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to achieve a new agreement. Foreign debt agreement.

Kerry is one of the officials with the most influence on the “green” agenda globally.. The United States is the world’s leading economy and the second largest emitter of carbon. Therefore, the rejection adopted by the government of Donald Trump – an ally of the fossil fuel industries – implies a censorship of coordination between countries around the world to achieve environmental goals.

The opportunity to meet Kerry arose as part of the political agenda promoted by Pope Francis. These days, coinciding with Alberto Fernández’s European tour, the Vatican Pontifical Academy of Sciences was headed by the Argentine Bishop. Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo She organized an event entitled “Dreaming of a better restartThe United States government’s special envoy for climate, who arrived in Rome on Thursday, has been invited to attend this meeting.

The event was practically a world summit. And there was the Minister of Economy as well, Martin Guzman, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva; Nobel Prize in economics Joseph StiglitzWho gave a speech in favor of clean energy. Also present were the economic ministers of Germany, France, Spain and Italy, and the Minister for Strategic Affairs of the Nation. Gustavo Bellez, Who was also part of the delegation that accompanied Alberto Fernandez to the meeting with the Pope.

The Argentine government has already had approaches to US foreign policy in recent weeks, since negotiations to obtain coronavirus vaccines resumed with Pfizer. Alberto Fernandez himself announced that he was reopening talks with all laboratories, especially in the United StatesTo expand the supply of vaccines.

At the conclusion of the meeting with John Kerry, Alberto Fernandez and his entourage will travel to Fiumicino International Airport to start their return to Argentina. He is scheduled to arrive in Buenos Aires on a Saturday at 9 am.

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