Jerusalem medical team brings Covid expertise to Argentina
Jerusalem medical team brings Covid expertise to Argentina
Hadassah Medical Center treated the most Covid patients in Israel. Now it’s sharing its ideas and expertise in Argentina.
May 12, 2021, 8:20 am
At Ben Gurion International Airport on their way to Argentina: From left, Jorge Diener, Prof. Sigal Sviri, Claudia Poggi, Prof. Yoram Weiss, and Andres Rojas from the Argentinian Embassy in Israel. Photo courtesy of Hadassah
A team from Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem is now in Argentina sharing its experience in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, at the invitation of the Argentinian government.
”My homeland is under attack by a terrorist organization,” the Israeli ambassador said.
Israel s Ambassador to Buenos Aires Galit Ronen voiced her disagreement regarding an Argentine Foreign Ministry statement criticizing Tel Aviv s “excessive use of force” in retaliating against rockets fired from the Gaza strip but never mentioning the involvement of the Hamas group.
“We see this statement with concern, it does not express the good relationship that exists between our countries. The situation in Israel is worrying, more than 500 missiles were fired,” said Ronen.
The Foreign Ministry had addressed the issue in the following terms: “The Argentine Republic expresses its deep concern over the dramatic worsening of the situation in Israel and Palestine, the disproportionate use of force by Israeli security units in the face of protests over possible evictions of Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan neighborhoods, as w
Israel s Ambassador to Buenos Aires Galit Ronen voiced her disagreement regarding an Argentine Foreign Ministry statement criticizing Tel Aviv s “excessive use of force” in retaliating against rockets fired from the Gaza strip but never mentioning the involvement of the Hamas group.
We have come to ratify our agreements with Europe so that they accompany us, Fernández said upon arriving.
Argentine President Alberto Fernández started his new European tour by meeting in Lisbon Sunday with his Portuguese counterpart Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
We have come to ratify our agreements with Europe so that they accompany us, Fernández said upon arriving.
The purpose of Fernández s trip is to gather European support for the negotiations towards refinancing the debt with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Fernández and Rebelo held a private meeting, which lasted about half an hour, followed by an extended meeting, lasting about 45 minutes, in which Foreign Minister Felipe Solá, Economy Minister Martín Guzmán Argentina s ambassador to Lisbon, Rodolfo Gil, also took part.
The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, will start this Sunday a tour of Europe in a race against the clock to negotiate with the Paris Club, a group with which the South American country could enter into default if it does not reach before the end of May a debt refinancing agreement for US2.4 billion.