H.E. Mr. Claudio Javier Rozencwaig, Ambassador of the Argentine Republic in the Czech Rrepublic and Mr. Jiří Kozák, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
The centenary of the establishment of Czech-Argentine diplomatic relations took place in Prague on Monday 8th January 2024.
The First Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Jirí Kozák and the Ambassador of the Argentine Republic H.E Mr.Claudio J. Rozencwaig delivered wreaths at the T. G. Masaryk Memorial and met at the Czernin Palace with representatives of the state administration, education, culture, commercial and other areas.
The wreaths of the Argentine Embassy in the Czech Republic and the flowers from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic in front of the statue of Tomáš G. Masaryk at Hradčanské náměstí , Prague.
A century ago, Argentine Plenipotentiary Minister Gabriel Martínez Campos presented his credentials to the first Czechoslovak President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, marking the beginning of a relationship that has evolved and flourished in several areas.
The Czech Republic and Argentina have been working together for 100 years to strengthen their bilateral relations. Many decades of cultural, educational, and commercial exchanges have built a deep mutual understanding. Both countries also share democratic values and support a rules-based international legal order, human rights, and the rule of law.
H.E. Mr. Claudio Javier Rozencwaig, Ambassador of the Argentine republic in the Czech republic and Mr. Jiří Kozák Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic with the wreaths for the commemoration of 100 years of diplomatic relations between both countries.
Today, the relations have reached a stage of institutional maturity, evidenced by frequent and fruitful meetings. To highlight a recent example, in 2022, Buenos Aires hosted the fourth meeting of the Vice-Ministerial-level Political Consultations Mechanism. In the same year, Argentina hosted Vice Minister for Extra-European Affairs, Economic, and Development Cooperation, Mr. Martín Tlapa, and Secretary of State Miroslav Stashek in January and March respectively.
Diplomatic Corps and other distinguished guests from the cultural, political, academic, scientific, commercial, sports and press fields.
In the context of this significant anniversary, both foreign ministries and embassies are preparing a joint agenda of events that will promote cultural expressions, high-level political meetings, economic and trade promotion activities, scientific and educational exchanges, among other areas of mutual interest.
H.E. Mr. Claudio Javier Rozencwaig, Ambassador of the Argentine Republic in the Czech republic and Mr. Jiří Kozák, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic during their speeches.