The Russian president said that he got the impression that there are “reasonable people in the White House in Washington, and if that is so, they will not take it with fear.”

Medvedev’s Argentinean counterpart stressed, “The world has changed, it has become global and multifaceted, and the Latin American region has changed.”

“We live in one world and nobody, not even the strongest country, has the right to impose its position on other states,” Kirchner underlined.

Back in the 1990s, Russia was not allowed by the US to enter the Latin American nuclear energy market. Instead, Russia went into Iran, which is now a problem, so Brazil was sealed off from Russia’s nuclear plants and the full blame for this situation lays on America, noted Russian TV anchor, Sergey Brilev.

Still, “there is no clash between the US and Russia in the Latin American region” because Russia is only entering the markets that were left by the Americans, like the arms market of Venezuela or nuclear energy market of Brazil.

“We should not be looking at Latin America with a complex of superiority. It is becoming a self-sufficient region. Brazil produces virtually everything. Brazil is in fact the eighth economy of the world. If you compose the G8 by the GDPs – it is Brazil that should be there instead of several other countries,” stated Sergey Brilev, and said that Russia has the energy technology that Latin America currently lacks.

Russia & Argentina to boost business ties

According to Medvedev, what is most important is that real actions should follow the signings.

“Now it is difficult to calculate the whole volume of investments,” he said. “But talking about atomic energy, for example, the arrival of the Russian company Rosatom alone to the Argentinean market will result in several billion dollars of investments, which have to be invested into the creation of energy blocks and infrastructure.”

Russia's state-run nuclear power corporation Rosatom and Argentina's Ministry of Federal Planning signed a protocol on cooperation in the field of civilian nuclear energy.

The Russian president mentioned that projects of this sort usually produce a multiplicative effect, which allows for the development of not only the energy sphere, but also for the creation of new workplaces and new projects, and for developing the field of business.

Dmitry Medvedev also stated that “the relations between Russia and Argentina have arrived at a new level – relations that are mature, relations that are a strategic partnership,” adding, “As I see it, this corresponds to the interests of both of our nations.”

The two countries have also signed a contract on the supply of two MI-171 E transport helicopters from Russia to Argentina and a memorandum on cooperation in the sphere of railway transportation.

The meeting was held in light of the 200th anniversary of Argentina’s statehood and the 125th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations between Russia and Argentina.