Argentina's President Mauricio Macri (1st R) bids farewell to the former Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra (1st L) during the swearing-in ceremony of the new Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, on June 12, 2017. Argentina named Jorge Faurie as its new minister of foreign affairs on Monday, as he pledged to provide "continuity" in his management of the role. (Xinhua/Martin Zabala)
BUENOS AIRES, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Argentina named Jorge Faurie as its new minister of foreign affairs on Monday, as he pledged to provide "continuity" in his management of the role.
Faurie, who had been ambassador to France, was sworn in at the presidential palace by President Mauricio Macri, in presence of Susana Malcorra who stepped down from the role in May for personal reasons.
"We have much to contribute to the world," said Macri.
According to the president, Faurie will have "a task doubly or triply more complicated since he will not only replace a minister like Malcorra, but we are also at a time when we will need concrete successes...such as the integration with the OECD and Mercosur and negotiations with the EU" for a free-trade agreement.
Speaking to journalists, Faurie said he would seek to provide "continuity" to the work done by Malcorra.
Faurie has been one of Argentina's leading diplomatic figures since first becoming an ambassador in 1998. Besides Spanish, Faurie speaks English, Portuguese, French, Italian and Romanian.
