Argentina, Brazil set to 'continue integration process,' Timerman

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman assured that once Dilma Roussef is inaugurated as the new Brazilian president, both Argentina and Brazil “will continue the integration process led by all Mercosur countries.”

Mr. Timerman is scheduled to attend Ms. Roussef’s inauguration ceremony next Saturday on behalf of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

On January 2nd, he’s scheduled to hold his first bilateral meeting with the new Brazilian Foreign Minister, Antonio de Aguiar Patriota.

The minister is expected to invite his Brazilian counterpart to a meeting in Argentina, expected to take place during the first quarter of 2011, Ministry sources confirmed.

The inauguration ceremony is set to begin at 2PM at the Brazilian Congress.