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Kicillof, governor since 2019 and a former economy minister, described the meeting as an opportunity to hear the Uruguayan leader's reading of the international situation
Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi on Friday received the governor of Argentina's Buenos Aires province, Axel Kicillof, at the Torre Ejecutiva in Montevideo, where the two signed two cooperation agreements covering agrifood and scientific matters.
The first links Uruguay's Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, its Buenos Aires provincial counterpart and the Metropolitan Agrifood Unit, the wholesale food market supplying greater Montevideo. It provides for exchanges of information on production methods, training and certification, support for family-run operations and small businesses, and joint policies to reduce food loss and waste at wholesale markets.
“It concerns the UAM, which would be like the Mercado Central in Argentine terms,” Kicillof told a press conference, referring to the Buenos Aires wholesale market. “In Buenos Aires we do similar work,” he added, noting that both jurisdictions share a farming and food production profile.
