ARGENTINA.
ARGENTINE BEEF FOR McDONALD’S RUSSIA.
Contracts were signed in Moscow on Tuesday last week, to supply 3,500 tons of hamburgers a year to McDonalds in Russia from Argentina.
The President of Argentina Christina Fernandez de Kirchner, was in attendance when the deal was signed.
The burgers will be produced by Campo del Tesoro, at their state of the art plant in Buenos Aires.
The company has a good global connection with McDonalds Corp, and already produces 14,000 tons of burgers a year for the food chain.
President Kirchner said, " our Argentine beef company and their staff are to be congratulated, putting this deal together".
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, met with the Argentine president and there have been numerous trade deals signed, he said "new and traditional cooperation deals have now been signed, we can now look forward to a bright future".
The countries have pledged to strengthen economic and political ties, for the near and distant future.
Trade between Argentina and Russia, will be US$1.5 billion of Argentine exports for 2009, in beef , wine and leather.
This is the first state visit, by an Argentine leader to Russia in a decade.
