Brussels, 27/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - The High Representative for CFSP, Javier Solana, welcomed the election of the new Argentinian President, Nestor Kirchner, in a press release. "With his investiture, a crucial stage of the history of the Republic of Argentina is opening up, which I hope will lead it to overcome its crisis for good, and the re-take the fundamental place occupied by this country in Latin America and in the world", he declared. Javier Solana urged the new President to boost the Mercusor (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay) integration project, "with which the EU is determined to conclude the world's first inter-regional association agreement".