 Prime Minister Shafi Narendra Modiji, distinguished guests, members of the media, ladies and gentlemen. I welcome you to today's ceremony where 10 documents will be exchanged. We have the MOU between the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Defense of the Argentine Republic on defense cooperation. Number two, MOU between the Republic of India and Republic of Argentina for cooperation in the field of tourism. Number three, MOU on cooperation and collaboration between Prasar Bharati India and the federal system of media and public contents Argentina. MOU in pharmaceuticals between central drugs, standard control organization, government of India and national administration of drugs, food and medical technology Argentina. Number five, MOU on Antarctic cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and worship of the Argentine Republic and the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Republic of India. These five will be exchanged on the Argentine side by His Excellency Mr. Jorge Fori, Minister of Foreign Affairs and on the Indian side by Shri Rajavadhan Singh Rathore, Minister of State Independent Charge for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Youth Affairs and Sports. Agreement number six, work plan on cooperation between Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Production and Labor of the Argentine Republic. Within the MOU signed in 2010, this will be signed on the Argentine side by His Excellency Louis Miguel Echevere, Minister of Agriculture and on the Indian side by Shri Sanjay Garwal, Agriculture Secretary of the Government of India. The seventh agreement is work plan for the year 2019-21 between Indian Council of Agriculture Research, Republic of India and the State Secretary of Agro Industry of the Ministry of Production and Labor of the Argentine Republic within the MOU signed in 2006. Number eight is the Joint Declaration of Intent on Cooperation in the Field of Information and Communications Technology and Electronics between the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of the Government of India and the Government Secretary of Modernization of the Republic of Argentina. On the Argentine side, it will be exchanged by His Excellency Mr. Andres Ibarra, Minister of Modernization and on the Indian side by Shri Mati Vijay Thakur Singh, Secretary East in the Ministry of External Affairs. Number nine, an MOU between Global Center for Nuclear Energy Partnership India and CNEA, the Secretariat of Energy Argentina. This will be signed on the, exchanged on the Argentine side by Mr. Oswaldo Calceta-Lario, President of CNEA and on the Indian side by Shri Sanjeev Ranjan, Ambassador of India to the Argentine Republic. Number 10, Agreement for the Establishment of India-Argentina Center of Excellence for Information and Communications Technology. On the Argentine side, this will be exchanged by His Excellency, Mr. Jorge Fori, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina and on the Indian side by Shri Sanjeev Ranjan, Ambassador of India to the Argentine Republic. We are delighted to announce that Argentina has signed the Framework Agreement of the International Solar Alliance. With this, Argentina will be the 72nd country signing the Framework Agreement. I would like to invite His Excellency, Mr. Jorge Fori, Minister of Foreign Affairs to come up and present the document to Shri Upendra Tripathi, Director-General of the International Solar Alliance. Excellencies, this concludes the Agreement Exchange Ceremony. Ladies and gentlemen, I also have the honor to welcome you all to the press event. To begin with, to begin the proceedings, may I request the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modiji, to deliver his statement to the press. My friends, the President of the country and the Argentinian side, all of you are very welcome. Hello. I am the President of the National Solar Alliance, and I welcome you all to the press. This is a matter of joy that in Buenos Aires, after two months of our meeting, I have received the opportunity to welcome you all to India. Once again, on this occasion, the National Solar Alliance and its team would be very pleased with the 2018 G20 Summit and its success. The leadership of the National Solar Alliance was very important for the success of the summit. In the 75th anniversary of India's independence, that is, in 2022, during the G20 Summit, in Buenos Aires, the National Solar Alliance held the G20 Summit. I would like to thank them for this. Along with the National Solar Alliance, my fifth meeting today between the two countries is a very important meeting between the two countries. We have proved that between the two countries, the distance of 15,000 km is just a sign. The journey of the National Solar Alliance is taking place in a special year. Between the two countries, the establishment of the G20 Summit is the 70th anniversary, but the relationship between the two countries is even older than this. Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore had travelled to Argentina in 1924. The impact of this journey has gone beyond his expectations. Both the countries are looking at their shared values and values, and to increase peace, stability, artistic development and prosperity, they have set up a strategic partnership with their own relations. I and the National Solar Alliance agree that terrorism, economic stability and stability are a very serious threat. In the G20 Summit, the terrorist attack shows that the time for talks has come. Now, the whole world needs to be united and take steps against terrorism and its supporters. The terrorists and their anti-terrorist supporters are still trying to increase terrorism. In the G20 Summit, it is important that we fight terrorism and work with the 11th member of the Hamburg Leader Statement. In this context, it is important that both the countries against terrorism and a special declaration today are going on. For the peace and stability of the world, our cooperation is increasing. With regard to the defence cooperation, our cooperation has started in the protection area. It will give a new shape to our cooperation. In many months, India and Argentina are full of each other. We are trying to get their full benefit for the peace and stability of the world. Argentina is the powerhouse of democracy. India is a important citizen for its food security. Today, agro-industrial cooperation is taking place in this direction. It is an important step. In the ICT area, we have JEM, i.e. Jandan Mobile Trinity. In the digital payment infrastructure, India's success is ready to be shared with Argentina. In India, we have determined that our 30% vehicle will run with an electrical battery by 2030. In Argentina, lithium is a part of the triangle where the liquid is 54% lithium. In the last 10 years, our trade has increased more than 2% and has increased more than 3 billion US dollars. There are many areas such as agriculture, agriculture, agriculture, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, ration, motor vehicles, and services. Today, we have identified the best ways to increase our commercial engagement. I am happy that many important companies have come to India today. I am sure that in Delhi and Mumbai, with the business leaders of India, their conversation will be very meaningful and useful. In 2004, India was the first country to establish a preferential trade agreement with the President of Argentina. During the talks, we have discussed many ways to establish a better trade agreement. Friends, in Argentina, India's art, culture, and culture is very important. In India, Argentina's tango dance has been agreed on between public broadcasting agencies and cultural organizations. Friends, India and Argentina are doing very well in international forms. The reform of multilateralism is very important. We accept the need of multilateralism. Argentina has supported missile technology control regime, vessel arrangements and Australia group and nuclear supplies group of India. South-South cooperation is very important for us. I am happy that in 2019, in Buenos Aires, the United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation will take place in South-South cooperation. We are thinking about international solar alliance as a new member of Argentina. Welcome. I am very happy. Excellency, once again, to accept the invitation to India, I hope for you and your family this journey will be enjoyable. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Now it is my pleasure to invite his Excellency, Mr Mauricio Macri, President of the Argentine Republic to deliver his statement. Good morning. Thank you very much, dear Prime Minister Modi, for welcoming me on this state visit. I thank you wholeheartedly in the name of my family, in my own name and in the name of my delegation for the affection to us during this visit and for this wonderful visit made possible for us to the Taj Mahal. And certainly we hope that more and more Argentines will have a chance to get to know this wonderful people and the amazing things that you have to offer. And as you said, we met very recently at the G20 in Buenos Aires. That was when you invited me to pay this state visit. This has been the fifth time we met, and that by itself speaks volumes of the very good chemistry we had ever since the first day we met three years ago. It also reflects the historic affection between our people and also shows that we both think we have great potential between two countries in this relationship for the benefit of our communities. And it is from that place of affection I would also like to convey my condolences to the victims of the cruel attack perpetrated just a few days ago. And I firmly condemn like we've done for the last three years ever since we've been in office and this is something that Argentina has done even longer, we condemn every kind of terrorist attack. This goes against what we think should be healthy coexistence and the development of our families and people. So I'm truly very pleased to be able to be working together to fight this scourge of mankind. Coming back to my visit and to what we feel we are witnesses of the profound transformations that are taking place in Asia and to the enormous importance that India has in the region and increasingly so in the world. And as you said, Argentina and India were far away from each other for a very long time. Little was known in my country about India and the same could be said in India about Argentina until November 1924 when Rabindranath Tagore landed in Buenos Aires. I hope I got the name right. And that visit was a milestone in the relationship between our countries and we changed the lack of familiarity and the distance replacing them by dialogue and closeness and you may not know that it was one Argentine woman Victoria Campo who was very much into culture and she hosted Tagore and after he left she made a point of disseminating and publicizing Indian books and authors in our country and what you may not know and very few actually know is that I lived for five years in that house where Victoria or Campo lived and where Tagore was and perhaps because I'm imbued with Tagore spirit I'm here today to continue to deepen the essential goal and we need to keep learning from one another I think that's the best thing that can happen to us because Argentina and India have shared interests and values such as democracy, federalism and multilateralism we are both developing economies with vast territories and we believe that our diversity is a strength that moves us and we had an excellent meeting Prime Minister a while ago we've confirmed once more our shared goals and views with one maximum priority which is to alleviate poverty and to improve the quality of life of our people for which it is key that we modernize our economies and integrate them into the world we have signed a large number of agreements and we've decided to intensify dialogue at the highest level in order to continue finding more and better opportunities and concrete benefits for the people of Argentina and of India we wish to create partnerships between companies in both countries improving technological developments and creating a positive synergy between other productive sectors this is why I have come here with a large number of SMEs from Argentina and also with business people who see India as a partner for the future some of them represent regional economies from several Argentina provinces others come from cities from across the country to export their products import inputs or seek partners for investments I am convinced that if we enhance our relationship we will boost both Argentine and Indian talent and Argentina is a reliable and competitive supplier of food for Indian consumers and we also have vast potential as you noted for cooperation in increased agricultural production in and obviously based on major biotechnological developments there exists also great opportunities in the field of non-conventional energies and this is reflected in the talk we've had and we will continue trying to find ways for India to participate in the development of the second largest shale reserve in the world which is Vakamuerta and we will find new operational mechanisms our countries are also betting on the development of renewable energies Argentina is also fortunate to have the world's third largest sun power reserve and this is why we have now moved to become members of the international solar alliance which will enable us to expand our capacities in terms of financing as well as development and research you also talked about this major goal you have set for yourselves so that by 30% of vehicles will run on electricity and you talked about the possibilities for exploitation in Argentina in fact I've got a senator from one of the three provinces that are developing the vital development of lithium which is key in terms of renewable energies and there we have a great opportunity for exchanges between our countries in the last few years Mr. Prime Minister over 20 Indian companies settled down in Argentina and created quality jobs that is the way to alleviate poverty especially in the field of knowledge based services and we believe that this must be only the beginning and that the conditions exist to increase this kind of mutual investment we wish to advance further in other fields of cooperation such as culture, education, healthcare, tourism a wonderful future source of employment in the film industry as well both Argentina and India are leaders in this sector because it's important not for our governments to cooperate it is also fundamental for our societies to visit each other more to get to know each other more and to read each other much more this is why this trip strengthens precisely these things we believe in this is why I would like to thank Prime Minister Modi once more for welcoming us and for taking this major step to reaffirm our commitment to work together with this 21st century that poses so many challenges for us all so I invite us to keep walking together on the path towards more inclusive societies and with opportunities for all thank you very much thank you dear Prime Minister Modi thank you Excellency and this concludes the press event