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Author : Pablo Anselmo Tettamanti
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Argentine Republic to the Russian Federation
IN OCTOBER 2015, the Argentine Republic and
the Russian Federation marked the 130th anniversary
since the establishment of diplomatic relations be-
tween the two countries. The initiative to celebrate
this date came from Presidents Cristina Fernández
de Kirchner and Vladimir Putin, who made the de-
cision at a bilateral meeting on July 12, 2014.
This made it possible to hold a series of events and
meetings this year, which have
In the context of the presidential visit to Moscow from April 21 through 23, President of Ar-
gentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner unveiled the exhibition "Eva Perón. Ambassador of
Peace" at the Moscow State History Museum on April 22. The opening ceremony was attended
by Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky. Many people were able to visit this month-
long exhibition. The president also visited an exhibition dedicated to the 70th anniversary of
the end of the Great Patriotic War that was held in the premises of the museum.
As part of the Bilateral Year of Culture in July, the outstanding tenor Dario Volonté toured the
cities of St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow with great success.
In the context of these events, the book The International Community and the Malvinas Issue
was recently translated and published in Russian in conjunction with Institute of Latin American
Studies. The book presents historical facts, events and international legal documents that call for
reopening direct talks between Argentina and the United Kingdom on this issue. It will be pre-
sented and distributed across Russia. The publication of this book lends further support to Rus-
sia's call on the international community to ensure that the issue of the Malvinas Islands be
resolved through direct negotiations with the United Kingdom.
At this stage, our relations were also reaffirmed by the signing of over 20 agreements in various
fields, including cooperation plans in various spheres of activity: political, trade, economic, sci-
entific, technological, industrial, agricultural, fishing and aquaculture, defense, environment,
archives and financial spheres, as well as programs and projects in the peaceful use of atomic
energy and outer space, traditional energy sources, communication, tourism, geology and mining.
All these activities served as a foundation for a program that continues to develop and expand,
as is also evident from the deepening of interparliamentary cooperation.
The 130th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Rela-
tions Between Argentina and Russia