The third meeting of the South Africa/Argentina Binational Commission (BNC) took place in Pretoria on 2 November 2012, co-chaired by South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, Honourable Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship, Honourable Héctor Timerman of the Argentine Republic. The meeting constituted the third meeting of the Binational Commission that was established in accordance with a Bilateral Agreement signed between South Africa and Argentina in new York during September 2005.