PRESIDENT MACRI TRAVEL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE G20 IN JAPAN
President Mauricio Macri left Tuesday evening for Japan to participate on
Friday and Saturday next to the G20 Leaders Summit, which meets annually to
heads of state and government of the leading industrialized and emerging
countries. The first leg of Macri, who travels accompanied by First Lady
Juliana Awada, will be in the city of Jakarta, Indonesia, where on
Wednesday he will meet with the president of the island country, Joko
Widodo, on an official visit. As part of the activities of the G20, Macri
will have audiences with the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe; President
of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, among other leaders. In turn, he will meet with
leaders who make up the Lima Group and the President of the European
Commission, Jean Claude Juncker. At the start of his tour, Macri will
arrive in Jakarta on Wednesday morning and around 11 (10 hours ahead of
Argentina) will be received by Widodo at the Presidential Palace in Bogor.
After the private audience between the two presidents at the Veranda
Lounge, the enlarged meeting of delegations will take place. In parallel,
Awada will meet with Indonesian first lady, Iriana Joko Widodo, at the
Presidential Palace. Later, President Widodo and his wife offer a state
luncheon in honor of President Macri, the First Lady and Argentina
entourage. At night, the Argentine Head of State will undertake trip to the
Japanese city of Osaka, hosting the next G20 Leaders Summit. Argentina, for
hosting the 2018 G20 is part of the troika group, composed of the country
holding the presidency of the forum, the predecessor and which will chair
the following year. Macri and Awada arrive on Thursday at about 8. 30 (20.
30 Wednesday in Argentina). At 14. 25 scheduled bilateral meeting with
Prime Minister Abe, at the Hyatt Regency Osaka. Then the president Macri
will participate in the opening of the "Week Argentina", which aims to
promote Argentine made to introduce them to the supermarket chain Ito
Yokado, one of the largest in Japan products. Friday at 11. 15 at the
International Convention Center Intex Osaka, Abe will welcome the Heads of
State and participants of the G20 Leaders Summit Government, after which
the official photograph will be held. Between 12 and 14 will be held the
first plenary meeting and working lunch where the leaders will address the
issues of global economy (finance, taxes, and anticorruption) and trade and
investment segment will feature an exhibition of the president Macri. The
second plenary session, which will begin about an hour later, will focus on
innovation (digital economy and artificial intelligence). At 18, while the
President and First Lady attend the official welcome offer in the Osaka
Castle Abe Nishinomaru Garden. The ceremony will include a cultural event
and then a meal will be held in honor of the Heads of State and Government.
Saturday morning at the Intex Osaka, President Macri will attend a meeting
place for leaders on women's empowerment, which will feature the
participation of women representatives from various groups and
institutions. Then, at 10, will begin the third plenary session of the G20,
whose agenda includes discussions on inequality (labor and empowerment of
women), as well as the goals of sustainable development, quality investment
in infrastructure, global health and cooperation developing. Around noon,
the Argentine Head of State will hold the bilateral meeting with Jean
Claude Juncker, at the Intex Osaka. Then he will attend the fourth plenary
session of the Summit, which will be oriented to the analysis of climate
change, energy and the environment, in which Macri intervene as main
speaker. At 13. 45 is planned closure of the G20. Within the framework of
the Summit of Leaders, participate in Japan Awada Companion Program. Friday
will attend the welcome greeting and a series of cultural activities that
will offer the first lady of Japan, Akie Abe, in Osaka and Kyoto. And on
Saturday Awada will participate in an international symposium on the marine
environment in the government building in the province of Osaka.
Friday and Saturday next to the G20 Leaders Summit, which meets annually to
heads of state and government of the leading industrialized and emerging
countries. The first leg of Macri, who travels accompanied by First Lady
Juliana Awada, will be in the city of Jakarta, Indonesia, where on
Wednesday he will meet with the president of the island country, Joko
Widodo, on an official visit. As part of the activities of the G20, Macri
will have audiences with the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe; President
of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, among other leaders. In turn, he will meet with
leaders who make up the Lima Group and the President of the European
Commission, Jean Claude Juncker. At the start of his tour, Macri will
arrive in Jakarta on Wednesday morning and around 11 (10 hours ahead of
Argentina) will be received by Widodo at the Presidential Palace in Bogor.
After the private audience between the two presidents at the Veranda
Lounge, the enlarged meeting of delegations will take place. In parallel,
Awada will meet with Indonesian first lady, Iriana Joko Widodo, at the
Presidential Palace. Later, President Widodo and his wife offer a state
luncheon in honor of President Macri, the First Lady and Argentina
entourage. At night, the Argentine Head of State will undertake trip to the
Japanese city of Osaka, hosting the next G20 Leaders Summit. Argentina, for
hosting the 2018 G20 is part of the troika group, composed of the country
holding the presidency of the forum, the predecessor and which will chair
the following year. Macri and Awada arrive on Thursday at about 8. 30 (20.
30 Wednesday in Argentina). At 14. 25 scheduled bilateral meeting with
Prime Minister Abe, at the Hyatt Regency Osaka. Then the president Macri
will participate in the opening of the "Week Argentina", which aims to
promote Argentine made to introduce them to the supermarket chain Ito
Yokado, one of the largest in Japan products. Friday at 11. 15 at the
International Convention Center Intex Osaka, Abe will welcome the Heads of
State and participants of the G20 Leaders Summit Government, after which
the official photograph will be held. Between 12 and 14 will be held the
first plenary meeting and working lunch where the leaders will address the
issues of global economy (finance, taxes, and anticorruption) and trade and
investment segment will feature an exhibition of the president Macri. The
second plenary session, which will begin about an hour later, will focus on
innovation (digital economy and artificial intelligence). At 18, while the
President and First Lady attend the official welcome offer in the Osaka
Castle Abe Nishinomaru Garden. The ceremony will include a cultural event
and then a meal will be held in honor of the Heads of State and Government.
Saturday morning at the Intex Osaka, President Macri will attend a meeting
place for leaders on women's empowerment, which will feature the
participation of women representatives from various groups and
institutions. Then, at 10, will begin the third plenary session of the G20,
whose agenda includes discussions on inequality (labor and empowerment of
women), as well as the goals of sustainable development, quality investment
in infrastructure, global health and cooperation developing. Around noon,
the Argentine Head of State will hold the bilateral meeting with Jean
Claude Juncker, at the Intex Osaka. Then he will attend the fourth plenary
session of the Summit, which will be oriented to the analysis of climate
change, energy and the environment, in which Macri intervene as main
speaker. At 13. 45 is planned closure of the G20. Within the framework of
the Summit of Leaders, participate in Japan Awada Companion Program. Friday
will attend the welcome greeting and a series of cultural activities that
will offer the first lady of Japan, Akie Abe, in Osaka and Kyoto. And on
Saturday Awada will participate in an international symposium on the marine
environment in the government building in the province of Osaka.