2024-01-16 23:21:00
The Minister of Defense Luis Petri surprised with his outfit, very similar to that of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, when he was in charge of an operation to strengthen surveillance and control of mile 201 in Mar del Plata, aboard the ARA ocean vessel “Contraalmirante Cordero” to prevent foreign flag fishing vessels from operating without permission within Argentine maritime space .
Petri led a patrol of the Exclusive Economic Zone wearing boots, camouflage pants and a navy blue short-sleeved cotton T-shirt, with the emblem of the Argentine Navy embroidered on the chest. It was the first time that a Minister of Defense gave the order to start a patrol from the ship itself that has the important mission of protecting the strategic interests of Argentina.
The dissemination of images of the operation generated comments due to the use of that style of uniform, which some users described as “airsofter” (from “airsoft”, a recreational and recreational activity with equipment similar to that of real combat) and “gamer”.
With a Zelensky look, Luis Petri carried out an operation at mile 201
About, PROFILE consulted the national defense specialist Fabian Callewho pointed out that the use of combat clothing by the Ministers of Defense “It’s something very traditional.” “(Michelle) Bachelet, when she was Minister of Defense of Chile, put on the camouflage suit and climbed onto the tanks with a helmet and everything, (Agustín) Rossi also put on an army jacket, so did Jorge Taiana,” he listed.
“Surely If they see Bachelet as Minister of Defense of Chile they would not call her ‘gamer‘. It seems to me that what has to be seen from the minister, beyond whether people pay attention to what he is wearing, is whether what he proposes to the forces is supported by the budget, how he articulates the relationship and the joint actions of the armed forces. ”, analyzed Calle.
Along these lines, he insisted that this type of participation by officials in patrols “is quite normal” since the Minister of Defense “is still, following the president, the civil officer who directs the Armed Forces.”
The Government launched a maritime control operation in the South Atlantic to combat illegal fishing
“The visual shock or the speech of (Luis) Petri is because we come from almost two decades of the military issue being to please intense minorities who, due to ideological phobias, or because of history or because it suits them, the military issue is always taken as the problematic, the threatening,” said the specialist.
Calle considered that “40 years have passed since 1983” and maintained that it is necessary, we have to “change the chip of the threat and military control.” “The coup in Argentina is civil and political. We must assume that we are in a new era, in a world full of wars, of conflicts, where Chinese fishing vessels depred us billions at sea, where there are very strong geopolitical bids between the United States and China over Latin America, especially in the South Atlantic, we must not be naive,” he said.
“You can’t always do the same thing if we want things to work,” said Petri.
On Monday, January 15, the head of the Ministry of Defense assured that “we cannot always do the same thing if we want things to work.” And he added: “If we want to be effective and efficient in the control and surveillance of mile 200, we have to change the way of patrolling in this joint task that the Navy does with the Prefecture, but to guarantee that no foreign flag vessel crosses without permission. mile 200 and ultimately compromise our natural resources.”
“For that, we not only have to modify the defeats, we have to sanction a new regulatory and sanctioning framework. “We must establish a table where all the actors involved participate: the Navy, the Prefecture, the Ministry of Security, the Ministry of Defense, Fisheries, the Ministry of Labor and any organization that has to do with the preservation of our natural resources.” Petri said.
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