Argentina’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship Santiago Andrés Cafiero has reopened embassy of Argentina in the capital’s Banani after a span of 45 years on Monday.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam and diplomats stationed in Dhaka also joined the function.

Earlier in the morning, Santiago Andrés Cafiero arrived in Dhaka to inaugurate the South American country’s new embassy here and deepen trade and cultural relations between the two countries.

According to diplomatic source, the Argentine embassy in Dhaka was closed in 1978 by the military junta that ruled the country at the time.

Diplomatic operations, such as visas in order to travel, have since been handled by the Argentine embassy in India.

Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul