Argentine President Fernandez decided on July 28 to merge the existing three departments, namely, the Ministry of economy, the Ministry of production development and the Ministry of agriculture, animal husbandry and fisheries, into a joint economic department, and announced a series of personnel adjustments of cabinet members. A communiqu é issued by the Argentine presidential palace on the same day said that the president decided to re-establish departments in the economic field, hoping to improve the operation, coordination and management of the national economic departments. Sergio Massa, the current speaker of the house of Representatives, will serve as the Minister of the joint economic ministry, which will also be responsible for handling Afghanistan's relations with international, bilateral and multilateral credit organizations. The communique said that silvina batakis, the current Minister of economy, will be the governor of the central bank. In addition, Cecilia morrow, from the left-wing party alliance, will succeed Massa as the new speaker of the house of Representatives. (Xinhua News Agency)