June 2 (Reuters) - Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno said on Tuesday ‌the country intends to join ‌the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific ​Partnership (CPTPP) and will present its application on Wednesday in Paris.

The CPTPP is a free trade accord among ‌12 countries. ⁠It was first established in 2018 among Australia, Brunei, Canada, ⁠Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. Britain ​joined in ​2024 and ​China also hopes ‌to join.

Argentina's plans to join the pact follow its backing for other trade deals in recent months, including a reciprocal trade and investment ‌agreement with the ​United States and the ​Mercosur-European ​Union agreement.

"We will continue to ‌make rapid progress on ​these ​agreements," Quirno said during a virtual address to the 43rd Congress ​of the ‌Argentine Institute of Finance Executives.

(Reporting ​by Natalia Siniawski, Editing by ​Daina Beth Solomon)