Argentina will ratify the request presented last April to be a ‘global partner’ of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Otan), according to official sources reported this Wednesday.
On April 18, in the framework of a meeting in Brussels with the deputy secretary general of NATO, Mircea Geoana, the Minister of Defense of Argentina, Luis Petri, presented a letter of intent that expresses Argentina’s request to become a ‘global partner’ of that organization.
The global partners program or category is for allied countries that are outside what is considered the North Atlantic region, but that share common interests
Argentina’s approach to NATO is linked to the new foreign policy developed by the ultraliberal Government Javier Mileiwhich has the United States and Israel as references.
NATO has 32 full members. Born after the Second World War (1939-1945), twelve countries signed their membership in 1949: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, the United States, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
They were joined, in various expansions, Greece, Turkey, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Finland and Sweden -the last two additions, in 2023 and 2024, respectively, against the background of the war between Russia and Ukraine-.
During his appearance before the Senate, Posse assured that “at no time was the inclusion” of the United States considered in the integrated naval base that Argentina plans to build in the extreme south of the country “nor was any agreement signed” in this regard with the commander of the United States Southern CommandArmy General Laura Richardson, during her recent visit to Argentina.
“I was present at all the general meetings in Argentina. This issue was never discussed. No agreement was ever signed. The base commanders simply showed them the project and they found it interesting,” Posse stated.
Regarding the relationship with the United Kingdom, a country with which Argentina maintains a historical controversy over the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands, Posse said that “both countries are seeking to agree on coincidences and share objectives in multilateral forums on various issues,” but clarified that “at the moment no bilateral meeting is scheduled.”
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