ARGENTINA AND THE UK AGREED TO STRENGTHEN THEIR TRADE RELATIONS

Today at the Palacio San Martín, the Argentine Foreign Minister, Jorge Faurie, received the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Rt Hon Philip Hammond, who arrived in the country this morning with an outstanding delegation of businesspeople. This is the first visit by a member of the British Cabinet since 2002. Prior to his meeting with Faurie, Hammond was received at the official residence in Olivos by President Mauricio Macri.