UN's Ban Ki-Moon arrives in Argentina for official visit

UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon arrived in Buenos Aires for a two-day official visit, in which he is to meet President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Ban Ki Moon will meet with Fernández de Kirchner at the Casa Rosada government house on Monday morning.

He will also visit the former ESMA Navy School of Mechanics clandestine detention centre and will take part in an assembly with Human Rights Secretary Eduardo Luis Duhalde. Later, he will give a speech at the Foreign Ministry

On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman will host a gala lunch in honour of Ban Ki-Moon, who will then will fly to Montevideo, Uruguay.

Timerman and the UN General Secretary, who will seek reelection, are expected to talk about Argentina’s claim of sovereignty over the Malvinas islands.