The basis of diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Argentina was laid in the first years of our independence. The Republic of Argentina recognized the independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan on March 9, 1992, and on November 8, 1993, a protocol on the establishment of diplomatic relations was signed. With this protocol, Argentina accredited its ambassador in Moscow to the Republic of Azerbaijan at the same time.
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The Republic of Argentina recognized the independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan on March 9, 1992, and on November 8, 1993, a protocol on the establishment of diplomatic relations was signed. With this protocol, Argentina accredited its ambassador in Moscow to the Republic of Azerbaijan at the same time.
On April 3, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov paid an official visit to Argentina. During the visit, meetings were held with Argentina's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Tayana, Vice President Daniel Shioli, Federal Planning, Public Investment and Services Minister Julio de Vido, Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the two countries and Agreement on visa-free travel for diplomatic and service passports. signed.
Since 2007, Argentina's responsible diplomatic mission to Azerbaijan has been assigned to the Embassy in Ankara, and on March 5 of the same year, the Argentine Ambassador Lucas Sebastian Brugo Marco presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev.
On June 10, an economic research mission consisting of officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina and representatives of the Federal Administration of National Revenues of Argentina visited Azerbaijan. During the visit, meetings were held with a number of Azerbaijani officials, including Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmud Mammad-Guliyev and Deputy Minister of Agriculture Bahram Aliyev.
On May 25, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on the appointment of Mammad Ahmadzadeh as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of Argentina. The ambassador presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Argentina Mrs. Cristina Fernandes Kirchner on November 1, 2010.
Mr. Alberto Pedro D'Alotto, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, visited Azerbaijan on November 24-25. During the visit, Deputy Minister Mr. Pedro D'Alotto, Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov, Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs Khalaf Khalafov, Mahmud Mammad-Guliyev, Hafiz Pashayev, Minister of Agriculture Ismet Abasov, Deputy Minister of Economic Development Sevinj Hasanova and Deputy Minister of the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan held meetings with President Davud Mammadov. Within the framework of the visit, the Memorandum of Understanding on Political Consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the two countries and the Memorandum on Cooperation between the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the National Foreign Service Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina were signed.
On February 21-25, the Chairman of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Aydin Aliyev, visited the Republic of Argentina at the invitation of Ricardo Echegaray, the head of the Argentine State Revenue Federal Administration (AFIP). During the visit, he had meetings with AFIP head Ricardo Echegaray and director of the Argentine Customs Administration Mrs. Siamora Ayeran, Minister of Industry Mrs. Deborah Giorci, president of the Argentine Industrial Union Miguel Acevedo, president of the Buenos Aires Trade Exchange Adelmo Gabbi. During the visit, he signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance in the field of customs.
On March 10, Argentina's ambassador to Turkey, Juan Jose Maffey, who is also accredited to Azerbaijan, presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ilham Aliyev.
On April 19, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina Hector Timerman, who participated in the International Summit on Safe and Renewable Nuclear Energy held in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, met with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Artur Rasizadeh within the framework of the Summit.
On June 27-30, the General Director of the Argentine Customs Department, Ms. Siamora Ayeran, visited Azerbaijan. During the visit, the guest met with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Artur Rasi-zadeh, Chairman of the State Customs Committee Aydin Aliyev, Minister of Taxes Fazil Mammadov, visited the Baku office of the World Customs Organization, as well as a number of customs points in the regions of Azerbaijan.
In July, an Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group with Azerbaijan was established in the Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Parliament. Deputy Roberto Mouilleron was elected as the head of the group.
In August, the Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group with Azerbaijan was established in the Senate of Argentina. Senator Arturo Vera was elected as the head of the group.
On September 19-21, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Argentina Lorenzo Basso visited Azerbaijan. During the visit, meetings were held with the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ismet Abasov, Minister of Economic Development Shahin Mustafayev, Deputy Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Khalaf Khalafov, Chairman of the State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Patents Ramiz Hasanov, Head of the Agrarian Policy Department of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan Azer Amiraslanov. A Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the ministries of economy was signed.
On September 23-28, members of the Friendship Group with Azerbaijan from the National Congress of Argentina, Roberto Mouilleron, Arturo Vera, Jose Roldan and Federico Pinedo, together with a number of parliamentary officials, visited Baku to participate in the 20th anniversary of the restoration of state independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan. During the visit, the group held meetings with the Speaker of the AR Milli Majlis Ogtay Asadov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalaf Khalafov, Deputy Minister of Economic Development Sevinj Hasanova, members of the Friendship Group with Argentina in the Milli Majlis, and visited the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
On October 10-11, members of the Friendship Group with Azerbaijan in the Chamber of Deputies of the National Congress of Argentina, Mrs. Olga Guzman and Pedro Molas, President of the Islamic Center of Argentina Samir Saleh and Deputy Julio Made, a number of well-known Argentine scientific and socio-political figures to participate in the 1st Baku International Humanitarian Forum They visited Azerbaijan. During the visit, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov, Chairman of the State Committee on Religious Affairs Hidayat Orujov, Head of the Social and Political Affairs Department of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ali Hasanov, Head of the International Relations Commission of the Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan Samad Seyidov, the management of the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy and Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Meetings were held with the management of the center.
On October 13-15, Argentina's Undersecretary for Foreign Policy Affairs (Deputy Secretary of State) Mrs. Norma Nascimbene Dumont visited Azerbaijan for political consultations. During the visit, the Argentine official met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov, Deputy Ministers Khalaf Khalafov, Mahmud Mammad-Guliyev, Hafiz Pashayev, Head of the Department of Foreign Relations of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan Novruz Mammadov, and gave a lecture at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On October 16-20, the president of the Argentine National Science and Technical Research Council (CONICET) Mrs. Marta Rovira visited Azerbaijan. During the visit, meetings were held with President of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) Mahmud Karimov, Minister of Education Misir Mardanov, Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technologies Elmir Valizadeh and Rector of Baku State University Abel Maharramov, and an Agreement on cooperation between CONICET and ANAS was signed.
On November 1-6, Minister of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation of Argentina Lino Baranao visited Azerbaijan. During the visit, the Argentine minister was received by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev, Minister of Economic Development Shahin Mustafayev, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Huseyngulu Bagirov, Minister of Education Misir Mardanov, Minister of Communications and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov, Minister of Industry and Energy Natig Aliyev, Minister of Agriculture He held meetings with Ismet Abasov, Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations Ragim Latifov, President of ANAS Mahmud Karimov, representatives of AZPROMO and Azerbaijan Investment Company. During the visit, cooperation agreements were signed with the Ministry of Economic Development and the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.
On November 22-23, members of the Parliament of Azerbaijan Asim Mollazade, Jeyhun Osmanli, Mirkazim Kazimov, Deputy Director of the Strategic Research Center (SAM) under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Gulshan Pashayeva and Press Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Elman Abdullayev organized the State of Azerbaijan in Buenos Aires by the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan. They visited Argentina to participate in events dedicated to the 20th anniversary of its independence. The events were held at the Argentine Foreign Relations Council (CARI) and the National Library of Argentina. On the eve of the visit, a cooperation agreement was signed between Azerbaijan SAM and Argentina CARI. At the same time, the Azerbaijani delegation held meetings with the leadership of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Argentine Parliament and members of the Friendship Group with Azerbaijan.
On February 11, the Minister of Tourism of Argentina, Carlos Hugo Meyer, visited Azerbaijan. The Argentine minister was received by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev, met with the Minister of Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan Abulfas Garayev and participated in a seminar on the promotion of Argentine tourism.
On February 29, the President of the Republic of Argentina, Christina Fernandes Kirchner, signed Order No. 273/2012 on the establishment of the Embassy of the Republic of Argentina in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Hector Timerman, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Religion of Argentina, paid an official visit to Azerbaijan on March 1-2. During the visit, the Head of Foreign Affairs of Argentina was received by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev, and held meetings with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Artur Rasizade and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov. During the visit, Hector Timerman officially announced the decision of the Argentine government regarding the establishment of the Embassy in Baku.
On May 3, 2012, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev received the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Religion of Argentina, H. Timmerman, within the framework of his visit to New York in connection with the transfer of the presidency of the UN Security Council to Azerbaijan. The Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Malvina Islands problems, the need to implement relevant UN resolutions were discussed at the meeting.
On June 4, Chargé d'affaires Jorge Roballo, who is responsible for the establishment of the Argentine Embassy in Baku, met with Elmar Mammadyarov, the Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On July 3-4, a business mission consisting of 300 Argentine officials and businessmen led by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Hector Timerman, Secretary of State for Internal Trade Guillermo Moreno, Secretary of State for Foreign Trade Mrs. Beatriz Paglieri visited Azerbaijan. Among the officials of the delegation were Luis Beder Herrera, Governor of La Rioja Province of Argentina, Undersecretary for Agriculture Alejandro Lotti and Undersecretary for Investment Development and Trade Promotion Carlos Bianco. During the visit, the 1st Argentina-Azerbaijan Business Forum was organized. The official delegation was received by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev, and held meetings with the Minister of Economic Development Shahin Mustafayev, the Minister of Economic Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov, and the Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaladdin Heydarov.
On July 26-27, the Minister of Economic Development of the Republic of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov visited Argentina accompanied by the Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Republic of Azerbaijan Niyazi Safarov and representatives of the largest companies of Azerbaijan. During the visit, the II Argentina-Azerbaijan Business Forum was organized. The official delegation was received by the President of the Republic of Argentina Mrs. Cristina Fernandez Kirchner, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Religion of Argentina Hector Timerman, the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Norberto Yauhar, the Minister of Industry Mrs. Debora Giorgi, the Minister of Federal Planning, Public Investments and Services Julio De Vido and meetings were held with Secretary of State for Internal Trade Guillermo Moreno.
On September 26-29, Silvia Merega, director of the National Foreign Service Institute of the Argentine MFA, visited Azerbaijan to participate in the 40th Meeting of Deans and Directors of the Diplomatic Academy. During the visit, a meeting was held with Hafiz Pashayev, Deputy Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On October 4-5, Undersecretary for Foreign Policy of the Argentine MFA (Deputy Secretary of State) Mrs. Maria del Carmen Squeff visited Azerbaijan for inter-MFA political consultations. During the visit, meetings were held with the Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov, Deputy Ministers Araz Azimov and Khalaf Khalafov.
On October 4-8, members of the Friendship Group with Azerbaijan of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, Roberto Mouilleron, Omar de Marchi, Cristina Regazzoli, Alicia Comelli and Agustin Portela visited Azerbaijan to participate in the II Baku International Humanitarian Forum. The delegation was received by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ilham Aliyev, and held meetings with the Chairman of the Azerbaijan MM Ogtay Asadov, Minister of the XI Elmar Mammadyarov, as well as members of the Friendship Group with Argentina in the Parliament of Azerbaijan.
On October 4-8, Rector of Argentina's Rosario University Dario Maiorana visited Azerbaijan to participate in the II Baku International Forum. During the visit, meetings were held with Baku State University Rector Abel Maharramov, Azerbaijan Languages University Vice-Rector Natig Yusifov, Azerbaijan State Agrarian University Rector Mirdamed Sadigov and the management team of Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy.
On November 27-28, the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Argentina, Norberto Yauhar, visited Azerbaijan. Within the framework of the visit, the Minister was received by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, held meetings with the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ismet Abasov, the Minister of Economic Development Shahin Mustafayev and the Minister of Emergency Situations Kamalladin Heydarov.
On December 17, a delegation led by the head of the Federal State Revenue Administration of Argentina, Ricardo Echegaray, visited Azerbaijan. Within the framework of the visit, he held meetings with Minister of Taxes Fazil Mammadov and Chairman of the State Customs Committee Aydin Aliyev.
Hector Otheguy, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of INVAP (“Investigaciones Aplicadas – Applied Research”), which implements multilateral technological projects in Argentina's nuclear, space, industrial, medical, oil and gas, chemical, state security and defense sectors, on January 16-23 accompanied by the company's nuclear projects and satellite technology managers visited Azerbaijan. During the visit, the delegation held meetings with the National Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies, AZERKOSMOS and other relevant institutions.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Carlos Dante Riva was appointed ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan with his residence in Baku on February 18, by the decree of the President of the Republic of Argentina Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner No. 182/2013.
From February 28 to March 5, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Argentina, Lorenzo Bassoun, visited Azerbaijan accompanied by a technical team for the agricultural sector. During the visit, meetings were held with relevant state institutions.
On April 18, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev accepted the credentials of Carlos Dante Riva, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Argentina to our country.
On August 6, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammayarov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Religion of Argentina, who participated in the event organized on the theme "Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and sub-regional organizations in the field of protection of international peace and security" within the framework of Argentina's chairmanship of the UN Security Council Met Hector Timerman.
2013, August 21-27 - Fariz Ismayilzadeh, executive vice-rector of Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, and Anar Valiyev, dean of ADA's Institute of Public and International Relations, visited Argentina. During the visit, they held meetings at the National Diplomatic Service Institute of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religion, La Plata State University, Buenos Aires State University, Rosario State University, Buenos Aires Institute of Technology and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the University of El Salvador. In addition, during the visit, seminars on "Geopolitical processes in the Caspian Basin" were organized individually at Belgrano University, ISEN and Rosario State University under the joint organization of La Plata State University, El Salvador University and Belgrano University.
On September 16-20, Heads of Business Development Sector for Space Projects Nestor of INVAP (“Investigaciones Aplicadas – Applied Research”), which implements multilateral technological projects in Argentina's nuclear, space, industrial, medical, oil and gas, chemical, state security and defense fields Pablo Tognetti and Ricardo Sagarzazu, as well as Santiago Arbo, an employee of the Ministry of Federal Planning, Public Investments and Services of the Republic of Argentina, visited Azerbaijan. During the visit, the Argentine delegation held relevant meetings at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan and at AZERKOSMOS.
Maria del Carmen Squeff, Undersecretary for Foreign Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religion of Argentina, participated in the high-level meeting entitled "Strengthening the Partnership Synergy between the UN and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation" organized by Azerbaijan under the chairmanship of the UN Security Council on October 28. He met with Minister of Affairs Elmar Mammayarov.
From October 31 to November 1, Juan Carlos Valle Raleigh, director of the National Foreign Service Institute of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religion, visited Azerbaijan to participate in the III Baku International Humanitarian Forum. During the visit, J. Raleigh had a meeting with the management of Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA) and participated in "Argentina Day" organized by ADA.
From October 31 to November 1, Santiago Villalba, head of the Eastern Europe Department of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religion, visited Azerbaijan in order to participate in the III Baku International Humanitarian Forum and conduct political consultations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan. During the visit, S.Villalba met with Anar Janahmadov, head of the American Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
To participate in the III Baku International Humanitarian Forum from October 31 to November 1, Marcelo Tobin, secretary for international relations of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Norberto Johnsani, director of the Institute of International Relations of La Plata State University, Paulo Botta, head of the Eurasian Department of La Plata State University, Rosario State Gladys Lechini, head of the university's international relations department, and Jorge Eduardo Malena, director of the Oriental Studies Institute of the University of El Salvador, visited Azerbaijan. During the visit, a round table was held between the delegation of Argentina and the representatives of the relevant educational institutions of Azerbaijan in ADA to discuss the possibilities of cooperation.
From October 31 to November 1, a delegation consisting of members of the friendship group with Azerbaijan (Roberto Mouillero and Julia Perie) visited Azerbaijan in the Chamber of Deputies of the National Congress of Argentina. During the visit, the delegation met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov, Deputy Chairman of the Milli Majlis Ziyafat Askerov and members of the Argentina-Azerbaijan Friendship Group in the Milli Majlis.
On December 25, the President of the Republic of Argentina, Mrs. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, congratulated the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ilham Aliyev, on the occasion of his confident victory in the presidential elections.
On March 12-13, Ali Abbasov, the Minister of Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan, visited Argentina. During the visit, Julio De Vido, Minister of Federal Planning, Public Investments and Services, Lino Baranao, Minister of Science, Technology and Productive Innovations, Norma Boero, President of the National Atomic Energy Commission of Argentina (CNEA), Hector Otheguy, CEO of INVAP, Norberto Norberto, Secretary of State for Communications of Argentina. Meetings were held with Berner and the president of ARSAT, Matias Bianchi. During the visit, the Minister of Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ali Abbasov, and the Minister of Federal Planning, Public Capital and Services of Argentina, Julio De Vido, signed the "Framework Agreement on Cooperation between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Argentina on the peaceful use of outer space".
On September 23, Minister Elmar Mammadyarov held a meeting with Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Marcos Timerman within the framework of his participation in the 69th session of the UN General Assembly.
On November 28, a delegation led by Sahil Babayev, co-chairman of the Working Group, deputy minister of economy and industry, visited Argentina for the purpose of holding the first meeting of the Joint Working Group on trade and economic cooperation between Azerbaijan and Argentina. The delegation included employees of the Ministries of Finance, Agriculture, Communications and High Technologies, Ecology and Natural Resources, Taxes, the State Customs Committee, SOCAR, the State Company for Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources. As part of the visit, the first meeting of the Azerbaijan-Argentina Joint Working Group on trade and economic cooperation was held, as well as the Azerbaijani delegation, Hector Timerman, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Religion of Argentina, Horacio Raura, State Secretary for Small and Medium Enterprises and Regional Development of the Ministry of Industry, and the State Secretary for Strategic Industrial Planning. Secretary Horacio Sepeda held meetings with Argentina's co-chairman, Secretary of State for International Economic Relations Carlos Bianco. In the end, a protocol was signed on the results of the first meeting of the Joint Working Group on trade and economic cooperation between Azerbaijan and Argentina.
On March 9-10, a parliamentary delegation consisting of deputies of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Javanshir Feyziyev, Asim Mollazade, Fuad Muradov, Mukhtar Babayev and Aslan Jafarov visited Argentina. Within the framework of the visit, the Azerbaijani delegation held meetings with the Vice President and Chairman of the Senate of the Republic of Argentina, Amado Boudou, the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Julian Dominguez, inter-parliamentary friendship groups with Azerbaijan operating in both chambers of the National Congress of Argentina, as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Religion of Argentina, Hector Timerman. , the delegation visited the Argentine National News Agency TELAM, the National Diplomatic Service Institute of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religion (ISEN) "Azerbaijan and its development strategy", as well as the Argentine Council of International Relations (CARI) on the topics of "Geopolitics of the Caspian Basin" respectively. a round table, as well as "Azerbaijan night" was held under the joint organization of the Club of Argentine Friends of Azerbaijan and the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Argentina.
On May 27-29, during the meeting of the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization held in Croatia, a meeting was held between the Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan A. Garayev and the Minister of Tourism of Argentina Enrique Meyer. During the meeting, an agreement on cooperation in the field of tourism was signed between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Argentina.
On September 21-22, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Religion of the Republic of Argentina Eduardo Zuain paid an official visit to Azerbaijan. Within the framework of the visit, E.Zuain met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Khalaf Khalafov, within the framework of inter-MFA political consultations. During the visit to Azerbaijan, E. Zuain met with the Minister of Economy and Industry Shahin Mustafayev, during the meeting "Agreement on technical cooperation between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Argentina" was signed. Within the framework of his visit, E. Zuain also met with the Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfas Garayev, and during the meeting, the "Agreement on cooperation in the field of culture between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Argentina" was signed.
On April 27-28, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Religion of Argentina, Carlos Foradori, visited Baku to participate in the 7th Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UN Alliance of Civilizations) held in Baku on April 25-27, 2016.
On September 29-30, a delegation led by the second vice-president of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, Patricia Jimenez, visited Azerbaijan to participate in the 5th International Humanitarian Forum held in Baku. Parliament members Miriam del Valle Juarez, Graciela Cusinet, Alejandro Ramos, General Director of International Relations of the Chamber of Deputies Juan Dios Cinqueneghi, Head of Eastern Europe Department of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jose Ureta participated in the delegation. During the visit, the delegation was received by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev and the first lady of the country, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva. The delegation also had meetings with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Elmar Mammadyarov and the Vice-Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ms. Bahar Muradova.