Sunday, November 27, 2011

Argentine president's foreign policy approval rating at 53 pct: Gallup

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has an approval rating of 53 percent when it comes to how she has handled the country's foreign policy, a new Gallup poll showed Friday.

The poll, carried out between Oct. 27 and Nov. 2, showed that only 5 percent of the 1,012 people surveyed gave a negative grading on her government's performance.

It is the highest approval rating Fernandez has received since taking office in 2007, and also an important recovery in popularity since 2010, when the approval rating on her job performance reached an all-time low of 31 percent.

On the questions about her "fight against drug trafficking" and the "search for countries which will invest in Argentina," many people replied that the two critical issues "should be considered as key foreign policy issues."

A total of 51 percent of the people surveyed believed Argentina should boost its economic ties with the Common Market of the South (Mercosur), followed by 13 percent in favor of strengthening relations with China and other Asian countries. Ten percent supported improved ties with Europe and 6 percent for the United States.

Editor: Yamei Wang

English.news.cn   2011-11-26 09:37:59 FeedbackPrintRSS
BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 25 (Xinhua)

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