Argentine President Alberto Fernandez will begin his first tour of Europe on Wednesday with a visit to the Vatican, after which he will concentrate on trying to renegotiate the South American country’s burdensome national debt.

“We’re going to the European countries, as well as to visit his Holiness, to visit Western leaders,” said Foreign Minister Felipe Sola.

“Because we’re close, because we want to know what they think of our country and because Argentina is in the midst of a complex negotiation, essential for our future, and they all have a seat at the IMF.”