In a context of diplomatic tension between Argentina and Spain, Javier Milei plans to travel to Madrid in the coming days. Given this news, the spokesperson for the government of the European country warned the Argentine president about the need to “respect the Spanish people and their institutions.”
Javier Milei plans to arrive in Madrid this Friday, June 21. The reason that encourages the head of state to return after meeting the Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, is to receive an award from the Juan de Mariana Institute for his Defense of the ideas of freedom. The event will also recognize other figures such as the economist Jesús Huerta de Soto and the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa.
In this sense, Pilar Alegría, in charge of the spokesperson for the Spanish Government, commented on the visit of the Argentine president and expressed that “we do not know the agenda of the president of Argentina, but if the trip finally takes place, I hope that during his statements he maintains respect for the people of Spain and its institutions.”
This visit takes place in a context of high diplomatic tension. Sánchez withdrew his ambassador in Buenos Aires after comments by Milei during an event by the right-wing Vox party last month, in which he called his wife “corrupt” and harshly criticized the government’s management. Before that, a minister of The visit to Madrid will be Milei’s second in the midst of the diplomatic crisis. The Argentine president will arrive in Spain after having participated in the G7 leaders’ meeting in Italy and in the Global Peace Summit in Switzerland, where he met with Sánchez without maintaining any direct contact. Sánchez had accused Milei of “ingesting substances.”
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