Press release

PM meeting with Argentinian President Fernández: 27 June 2022

Prime Minister Boris Johnson met Argentinian President Fernández at the G7 Summit in Germany today.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Prime Minister met Argentinian President Fernández at the G7 Summit in Germany today.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp leaders discussed the conflict in Ukraine. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Prime Minister stressed the importance of the international community upholding Ukraine’s sovereignty by backing President Zelenskyy’s appeal for international support. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Ukrainians would not stop fighting whatever we said. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappy were seeing their loved ones killed and were fighting for their lives.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Prime Minister and President Fernández agreed to work together on a number of issues of interest to both the UK and Argentina, including sustainable energy and helping to get grain out of Ukraine.  

President Fernández raised the Falkland Islands. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Prime Minister was firm that their sovereignty is not in question. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Prime Minister stressed that the Falkland Islanders, like all people, have a right to self-determination.

Both leaders agreed on the enduring value of the friendship between the British and Argentinian people and that finding ways to strengthen the relationship between our countries would benefit both the UK and Argentina.

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Published 27 June 2022