BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentine President Macri, standing alongside Netanyahu, vows to intensify bilateral ties and praises Israel’s achievements technology.
“Your experience clearly is a major benchmark for us that reflects the high potential from learning from the huge progress you have made in recent years,” Macri says in Spanish.
At the event, Israel’s ambassador in Buenos Aires, Ilan Sztulman, signs a series of bilateral agreements with Argentinian officials. Netanyahu and Macri sign a document regarding Holocaust research.
Macri gives Netanyahu a box containing five terabytes of of more than 100,000 digital images including material relating to the period before during, and after the Holocaust.
Earlier today, Netanyahu laid a wreath at the San Martin Palace to honor Argentina’s national hero, General José de San Martín.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Argentine President Mauricio Macri on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 in Buenos Aires (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
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