Challenges loom ahead for Argentina before hosting G20 in 2018

An Argentinean international relations expert, Patricio Carmody, wrote on Friday that challenges await Argentina ahead of organizing the G20 Summit in 2018.

Carmody stated in the La Nacion daily that he supported "the initiative of the government to lead the G20, the main forum for global economic cooperation in 2018. It is a fantastic opportunity to continue recovering prestige and strengthen the impact of Argentina's foreign policy,

"This responsibility, confirmed last weekend...at the G20 in Hangzhou, China, creates important challenges from an organization and a content standpoint, which must be faced early," he added.

According to the analyst, a consulting member of the Argentinean Council for International Relations (CARI), leading the G20 in 2018 is in line with the vision of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Susana Malcorra, to "build a foreign policy which reflects Argentina's potential."

"This is also in harmony with a policy of 'diverse horizons', which seeks to maintain positive relations simultaneously with our neighbors, established powers, and emerging ones, all represented in the G20," wrote Carmody.

However, he warned that Argentina faces stiff challenges, such as coordinating, on the international level as much as nationally, the process of negotiations and debates and contributing in a substantive and original way to the G20 agenda, which seeks better global governance.

"This year, China focused on innovation, structural reforms and development, especially the UN's Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. By 2018, Argentina will have to choose the areas to which it will bring concrete, substantial and original proposals," emphasized Carmody. Enditem