M. Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, had a gathering along with his Argentinian counterpart, Mr Pablo Quirno, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship, on 23 November 2025, on the sidelines of the G20 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The ministers talked in regards to the EU-Mercosur settlement, with M. Barrot recalling the preconditions set out by President Macron for France to assist the settlement, and particularly the necessity to finalize with Mercosur companions a sturdy safeguard clause.
Messrs Barrot and Quirno additionally welcomed the intensification of bilateral financial and monetary exchanges, particularly the dynamism of the French teams current in Argentina serving to convey in regards to the nation’s macroeconomic stabilization, and the prospects of strengthening the bilateral relationship within the areas of safety and defence. The Minister recalled that the signing of a memorandum of understanding on crucial minerals in June 2025 demonstrated the excessive degree of belief between our nations on this strategic area. The assembly additionally offered a chance to resume France’s assist for Argentina in its bid to hitch the OECD, and to debate the principle worldwide crises.
