New Delhi:
Visiting Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner met Vice President
Hamid Ansari, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader
Lal Krishna Advani in the national capital on Wednesday. Kirchner is in India
on a three-day visit to enhance bilateral relations and trade between the two
countries. She is accompanied by a high-level delegation that includes the country's
Foreign Minister and a large business delegation. She had earlier in the day met
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan, and held talks over political issues between the
two countries. "Within this new international scenario and after the meeting that
I held today with the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, we are facing a re-launch
of not only a new trade and economic relationship, but also mainly a political
one between both the countries," Kirchner said. President Cristina Fernandez de
Kirchner's visit is being taking place during the 60th anniversary of the establishment
of diplomatic relations between India and Argentina. This is also the first Presidential
visit from Argentina in 15 years. The last visit was by President Menem in 1994.
The last visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Argentina was in 1995 by Late P.V.
Narasimha Rao for the G-15 Summit. On Thursday, Kirchner will visit Agra and Mumbai.
