According to a statement from the Casa Rosada, the president and his entourage took off from Moscow to Beijing on Aerolineas Argentinas flight AR1090 to complete the second stop of the international tour he undertook Tuesday and took him first to Russia, continues in China and has Barbados as last stop.

In Beijing, Fernández will hold a bilateral dialogue with his peer, Xi Jinping, on Sunday. Before, he will be present at the Olympics gala.

The tour will end next Tuesday in Barbados, where the president will meet with Prime Minister Mia Mottley and representatives of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).

Accompanying the ruler on this journey are Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero, the Governor of Río Negro, Arabela Carreras; the governors of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, and of Catamarca, Raúl Jalil; the spokeswoman for the Presidency, Gabriela Cerruti; the Secretary of Sports, Inés Arrondo; Senator Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, Deputy Eduardo Valdés and presidential adviser Cecilia Nicolini, among others.

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