The The Embassy of Madrid informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain on April 30 that President Javier Milei would undertake a trip to that country on May 17 and 19, but it would be a “private visit”. Milei’s tour of the European country led to perhaps the strongest diplomatic confrontation so far in his administration, after questioning the wife of the president of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez.
“The President of the Argentine Republic, Mr. Javier Gerardo Milei, will be in Spain between May 17 and 19, on a private visit“, details the official communication that the Argentine Embassy presented to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain.
Sources close to Milei described “error of the embassy in Spain” the communication to the Spanish government in advance of the President’s trip to that country, which would ultimately unleash a serious diplomatic conflict. The same official sources confirmed that the visit was “official”, since – they assured – “he met with the most important businessmen in Spain,” reported lanacion.com.
Furthermore, according to the Spanish media, the diplomatic headquarters anticipated in the letter that “I would travel on the official plane” and reported that “More details on precise schedules and delegation of support would be provided as soon as possible.”.
The newspaper El País pointed to Milei’s expenses in Spain
The news published in the newspaper El País calls into question the expenses allocated for the transfer of the President to the Vox summit in the midst of the diplomatic crisis that arose after Milei’s accusations against Sánchez’s wife
Meanwhile, the presidential spokesperson, Manuel Adorni, had been consulted this morning regarding the expenses of the head of state’s trip. «It is not of much interest to a Spanish journalist“, the official responded to the question from the El País correspondent.
During the usual press conference, journalist Mar Centenera asked the spokesperson about the costs of the trip to Spain that sparked a diplomatic escalation with her Spanish counterpart, after The libertarian accused his wife, Begoña Gómez, of being “corrupt.””.
“Several days have passed since President Milei returned from Madrid and I would like to know if he has the travel expenses to share.”, asked the journalist, and added: “Looking ahead to the June trip, given that This is a private trip to collect a prize, I would like to know who covers them, And if, due to the tension with Spain, they may also have to take care of the security expenses, since on the previous trip the government of Spain took charge.”
“Regarding the President’s expenses, I have already requested them. The data you are seeing in some media is not correct, it is false. They have published a hotel room, it is also false. When we have them, we will transmit them,” replied the national official.
With information from Argentine News
