▁country . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁Argent ine ▁President ▁Carlos ▁Men em ▁paid ▁an ▁official ▁visit ▁to ▁Finland . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁M ets ä ▁Bot nia , ▁a ▁Finn ish ▁pul p ▁company , ▁opened ▁a ▁mill ▁in ▁F ray ▁Bent os , ▁Uruguay ▁just ▁across ▁the ▁river ▁from ▁Argentina . ▁During ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁mill , ▁Argentina ▁file d ▁a ▁compla int ▁against ▁the ▁company ▁and ▁the ▁Uruguay an ▁government ▁stating ▁possible ▁poll ution ▁of ▁the ▁river ▁by ▁the ▁mill . ▁The ▁Uruguay ▁River ▁is ▁shared ▁by ▁the ▁two ▁countries ▁and ▁is ▁protected ▁by ▁a ▁treat y , ▁which ▁requires ▁both ▁parties ▁to ▁inform ▁the ▁other ▁of ▁any ▁project ▁that ▁might ▁affect ▁the ▁river . ▁Besides ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁poll ution , ▁Argentina ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁Uruguay an ▁government ▁had ▁not ▁asked ▁for ▁permission ▁to ▁build ▁the ▁mill . ▁This ▁diplom atic ▁incident ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Uruguay ▁River ▁pul p ▁mill ▁dispute . ▁The ▁dispute ▁was ▁brought ▁before ▁the ▁International ▁Court ▁of ▁Justice ▁which ▁said ▁that ▁Uruguay ▁had ▁bre ached ▁its ▁proced ural ▁oblig ations ▁to ▁inform ▁Argentina ▁of ▁its ▁plans ▁but ▁had ▁not ▁viol ated ▁its ▁environmental ▁oblig ations ▁under ▁the ▁treat y ▁and ▁therefore ▁the ▁Finn ish ▁mill ▁could ▁continue ▁operations . ▁ ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Finn ish ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁Ju ha ▁S ip il ä ▁paid ▁a ▁visit ▁to ▁Argentina . ▁During ▁his ▁visit , ▁he ▁met ▁with ▁Argent ine ▁President ▁Maur icio