The Undersecretary for Foreign Policy, Ambassador Marcia Levaggi, held a meeting with Elizabeth Urbanas, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia and the Americas at the Office of International Affairs in the U.S. Department of Energy.
The Argentine side also included the Undersecretary for Electricity, Damián Sanfilippo, authorities from the Nuclear Regulatory Authority and the National Atomic Energy Commission, as well as executives from Nucleoeléctrica Argentina S.A..
During the meeting, the bilateral nuclear agenda was discussed, including the general aspects of bilateral cooperation, as well as the 18th meeting of the United States-Argentina Joint Standing Committee on Nuclear Energy Cooperation (JSCNEC).
This was the first meeting between Argentina’s new authorities on the nuclear sector and U.S. authorities, during which they reaffirmed their interest in strengthening cooperation and deepening the relationship, which they agreed has great potential.
