After Javier Milei explained this Saturday at the awards ceremony F-16 fleet The “For Kirchnerism, sovereignty means a large slum decorated with Argentine flags“, the former defense minister and current national MP Agustin Rossi it came out at the border crossing and claimed: “It is not sovereignty to buy something.” Planes that don’t work to dissuade the English Falkland Islands“.
“It is not sovereignty to have purchased an aircraft whose deterrence capacity in the South Atlantic cannot be used given the illegal occupation that Britain has been carrying out in the Malvinas for years,” said Rossi, who has held the defense portfolio in the U.K. governments Cristina Kirchner and from Alberto Fernandez.
In this regard, the former official rejected the president’s allegations and questioned the government’s direction in military and economic matters. “It is Great Britain Main partner military of the aircraft manufacturers, namely the United States,” he emphasized.
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The F-16s flew over Buenos Aires before the award ceremony in Córdoba
Rossi’s statements came just minutes after Milei attacked Kirchnerism during the official presentation to the convention six F-16s purchased from Denmarkcarried out at the Río Cuarto military base, Cordova.
“The president, as he usually does, lies in a Manichean way. It would have been a sovereign decision to have bought the Chinese JF-17 aircraft that we supported, because that would have meant a very strong deterrent effect in the South Atlantic“Rossi insisted.
In the same vein, he added: “No one can believe that the United States approved the purchase of the F-16s it purchased without the agreement with Great Britain, and Great Britain received this agreement only if it was guaranteed that its attempt at military expansion in the South Atlantic would continue to be carried out without any work.”
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Rossi also questioned the government’s military strategy. “Sovereignty does not mean allowing the United States to build and use the military naval base in Ushuaia, which is the southernmost base in the world“, he referred to the versions about the possible installation of a North American base in Tierra del Fuego.
“Sovereignty does not mean that companies in Argentina close permanently leaving Argentines unemployed and with no opportunity for economic growth,” he added.
As for the defense, the deputy again brought charges against him Budget adjustment: “Sovereignty does not mean the elimination of FONDEF, as in the Budget lawwhich is the special allocation fund for the re-equipment of the armed forces.
“Sovereignty does not mean having military personnel with the lowest salaries in recent years and a defense budget with the lowest GDP in recent years,” he concluded.
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