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In the middle of a dramatic week for the ruling party, the president Javier Milei is preparing to leave this Wednesday night for the G-7 Summit in Italy. Invited by the Prime Minister Giorgia MeloniMilei has the possibility of accrediting three people to accompany him at the summit that brings together the leaders of Japan, the United States, Canada, France, the United Kingdom and Germany. Amid the noise caused by the news that the chancellor Diana Mondino will not participate in the tripthe president included a surprise in your entourage: in addition to the president of the committee of economic advisors, Demian Reidel, and the Argentine ambassador to the United States, Gerardo Wertheinwill complete the national deputy delegation Fernando Iglesiasa Pro “hawk” close to Patricia Bullrich.
To the commotion caused by Mondino’s absence at the summit, a “natural” space for any chancellor, was added in the last hours that The Foreign Ministry lost control of the Argentine Investment and International Trade Agencywhich passed into the hands of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, in charge of Karina Milei.
However From the President’s closest entourage they sought to clear up the versions about his absence. “Diana is not going because only three invitations were allowed and Demian’s presence was prioritized[Reidel] for his knowledge of the world of Artificial Intelligence [tema sobre el que disertará el mandatario]by Gerardo [Werthein] because it has a great capacity to lobby and build links in a few minutes”, something that is internally considered “fundamental” due to the times that are handled that day, according to the sources consulted. Iglesias will attend, they stated, because of his role as president of the Foreign Relations and Worship Commission of the Chamber of Deputies.
Those close to the president did not hesitate to ratify Mondino’s continuity in the Foreign Ministry.
The Government insisted on the “strict” number of accreditations. In 2022, when Alberto Fernandez was invited to the summit that took place in Munich, Germany, he participated accompanied by his chancellor, Santiago Cafiero; of the then head of Deputies, Sergio Massaand provided for the assistance of the then Argentine ambassador to the United States, Jorge Arguellowho was later unable to participate due to being diagnosed with covid-19.
The search to dispel versions about Mondino’s future was completed by emphasizing that the official will travel to the Peace Summit in Switzerland, which will focus on the situation in Ukraine after the Russian invasion, to which Milei will join after her passage. by the G7. A change of agenda that was not in the plans in the last hours.
After passing through the Old Continent, Milei will return to the country this weekend, will participate in the commemorations of June 17 and 20, and then will leave the country again, heading to Spain and Germany.
