List of international presidential trips made by Mauricio Macri
This is a list of international presidential trips made by Mauricio Macri, the 53rdPresident of Argentina. During his presidency, Mauricio Macri visited 20 countries as of May 2017.
During his first participation in the Mercosur Summit, President Macri called for "the prompt release of political prisoners in Venezuela" and warned that the regional bloc "can be no room for political persecution for ideological reasons or illegitimate forecast freedom for thinking differently". He also called for jointly fight against poverty and drug trafficking.[1]
2016
The following international trips were made by President Mauricio Macri in 2016:
Macri with François Hollande shake hands at the Elysee palace in Paris on 2 July 2016 ahead of their meeting.Macri with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, during his official visit to Germany, July 2016.Macri speaking at the 71st General Assembly of the United Nations in New York.
President Macri opened his European tour in Paris meeting with French President François Hollande. He said the meeting was "very good" and expressed his desire to increase trade between Mercosur and the European Union.[4]
President Macri met with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy, Federica Mogherini, at the headquarters of the European Commission, and then have lunch with President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, at that institution. In the afternoon he was received along with his wife, the First Lady Juliana Awada at the Royal Palace of Brussels by King Philippe and Queen Mathilde.[5]
President Macri traveled to Idaho to participate in the Sun Valley Conference Summit chaired by tycoon Bill Gates, in the state of Idaho, the northwestern United States. The presence of Macri is given after ended his official visit to France, Belgium and Germany.
President Macri visited Pope Francis along with First Lady Juliana Awada and their child, Antonia Macri, his daughter Agustina Macri and her daughter Valentina Barbier. Later, the President met with diplomats and traveled to Florence where Prime Minister Matteo Renzi had a dinner in their honour. The President assisted as well to the Canonization of José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero.
2017
Melania Trump, Donald Trump, Mauricio Macri and Juliana Awada at the White House.Juliana Awada, Mauricio Macri, Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan at the Great Hall of the People.Juliana Awada, Mauricio Macri, Shinzō Abe and Akie Abe.
Macri met with the PresidentHoracio Cartes to cooperate in the fight against narcotraffic on the border and to renegotiate the debt for the construction of the Yacyretá Dam.[9]
Macri visited the plants of Tenaris and Dow in Houston.[11] The next day he and Juliana Awada met Melania and Donald Trump at the White House. Trump decided to lift the import embargo of Argentine lemons and agreed to support Argentina's decision to join the OECD.[12]
On Monday 15 Macri went to Yanqi Lake International Convention & Exhibition Center and worked with the leaders participating in the Forum.
On Tuesday 16 Macri met with businessmen from energy, transport and infrastructure areas. Then went to the Chinese Academy of Sciences to celebrate the 45th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Argentina and China.
On Thursday 18 Macri went to Shanghai to the official inauguration of the Pavilion of the Argentine Republic in the SIAL-China Exhibition at the New International Expo Center.[14]
Macri shared a breakfast with Japanese businessmen at The Prince Park Tower Tokyo Hotel. In that place he said a few words at the opening of the Japan-Argentina Economic Forum.
