Argentina Minister visits India, discuss bilateral cooperation
On Monday, Shri S Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister, met with the science and technology minister of Argentina Daniel Filmus. During the meeting, both sides discussed bilateral cooperation in atomic energy, space, digital, defence and biotechnology. Jaishankar also stressed upon expanding trade investment and collaboration and serving as an example of South-South cooperation.
Union Minister of Science and Technology Shri Jitendra Singh also held a meeting with Argentina Minister Daniel Filmus and discussed bilateral cooperation between the two countries. During the meeting, Filmus sought India’s support to deploy technologies for implementation by industry and facilitate the entrepreneurs in Argentina.
Sharing details regarding the meeting on Twitter, Jitendra Singh stated that CSIR will be very keen to contact with the industries from Argentina and work towards the implementation of the technologies in Latin American nations with governmental support, according to the press release. He stressed that CSIR is among the global R&D leaders and has intrinsic strengths to provide S&T expertise in the development process through effective international cooperation.
“The Argentina Minister also sought India’s support to deploy technologies for implementation by industry and facilitating the entrepreneurs in Argentina,” the Ministry of Science and Technology said in the press release.
During the meeting, Jitendra Singh recalled Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with Argentina President Mauricio Macri on the sidelines of G20 in Hangzhou in 2016, as per the press release. He told Filmus that CSIR with world-class expertise and facilities is one of the largest industrial R&D organizations in the world with 37 multi-disciplinary R&D institutes located across India.
“With its state-of-the-art expertise, capacities and capabilities CSIR could contribute effectively towards Research and Innovation Collaborations, Technology Partnerships, Research Infrastructure Development & Sharing, and Capacity Building,” Jitendra Singh said in the release.
“Dr Jitendra Singh said, the CSIR can play a lead role, especially in industrial innovation collaboration through joint technology development and upscaling of each other’s Intellectual Property (IP) for commercialization,” according to the official release.
EAM Jaishankar in a tweet said, “Glad to meet Minister of S&T and Innovation of Argentina @FilmusDaniel. Discussed our cooperation in atomic energy, space, digital, defence & biotechnology. Underlined the potential for expanding trade, investment &collaboration and serving as an example of south-south cooperation.”
Argentina has shown keen interest in Indian fighter jet Tejas, HAL designed helicopters and other products. Recently Britain is replaying the same game in Indian Ocean Region with Mauritius with regards to Chagos Archipelago, which it had played with Argentina with respect to Falklands.
Just as Malvinas ( actual name of Falklands ) belongs to Argentina, Chagos belongs to Mauritius but is under forced and unlawful possession of UK. India is in full support of Mauritius and toldUK in no uncertain terms that the archipelago has to be returned back.
Visit of Argentine Minister at this juncture may turn out to be quite significant.
