FROM LITHIUM TO SPACE

India and Argentina's Growing Scientific Collaboration

- Kamaldeep Kaur Sarna & Abhijeet Jaiswal

As India looks forward to strengthening its trade and diplomatic ties with Latin America, the South American powerhouse, Argentina has emerged as an indispensable strategic partner for India. With abundant resources and much-untapped potential, India and Argentina could work together in a wide range of sectors bolstered by the fact that both nations are emerging powers with rapidly growing economies. The elevation of their bilateral relationship to a strategic partnership in 2019, and a series of three high-level meetings within a year, have reinforced their cooperation and underlined the significance of their diplomatic ties. While the economic ties between the two countries have steadily grown over the past few decades, reaching a historic high of USD 5.7 billion in 2021 (the former being the fourth largest trading partner of the latter), there are still enormous opportunities for deepening their scientific and technological collaboration to address pertinent sectors/concerns such as Climate Change, Energy, Security, Space, Defence, and Pharmaceuticals.