After the escalation of tension with Spain following Milei’s accusations of corruption in the Vox event against Begoña Gómez, Pedro Sánchez’s wife, Casa Rosada ruled out a possible diplomatic conflict and even confirmed a new visit to Spain. Madrid by the Argentine president.
In the last hours, Milei raised the tone of the diplomatic fight with his counterpart from Spain, Pedro Sánchez, whom called a “coward” and said that he hides “under the women’s skirts” of his government. Furthermore, the head of state assured that he “in no way” will apologize to the European for the comments about his wife, Begoña Gómez.
In this regard, in dialogue with Chain 3 said the former governor of Mendoza (1987-1991) and former ambassador to the United States and Chile, José Octavio Bordón.
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Bordón maintained that “there is a very deep historical relationship between Argentina and Spain” and said he hopes that the conflict “does not escalate.” “I believe and hope that beyond the mistakes made this is not going to escalate“.
And he added: “We have built a melting pot beyond injustices that may have occurred at some almost pre-colonial moment.”
He said that the importance of Spain in Argentina’s investments is “crucial.” “It is one of the two or three most important partners of Argentina,” he stated.
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At this time, the Argentine ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain, Roberto Bosch, continues working to tone down the conflict between the presidents of both countries and met with a group of Argentine developmental businessmen seeking investments in Spain.
Bordón also referred to the personal diplomatic conflict between presidents of different countries. He assured that certain behaviors seem to be obstacles rather than facilitators to solving international problems and criticized the political use of the current conflict. “Using politics and international friends for the internal game would be regrettable,” he said.
In addition, he recalled an incident where the Spanish Minister of Transportation, Oscar Puente, had mentioned that the Argentine president “consumed substances.” In his opinion, Bordón said that this incident was avoidable and should have been resolved another way.
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Despite the current conflict, Bordón hopes that it will not affect future trade relations between Mercosur and the European Union or Argentina’s intentions to become a NATO partner.
He highlighted the importance of the historical relations between Spain and Argentina and trusted that “no Spanish businessman will abandon his investments” in Argentina due to this conflict, nor will Argentine businessmen lose interest in Spain and Europe. However, he warned that the current conflict “does not help the work, it distracts and takes away strength.”
“We have serious global problems, important problems in Argentina so that the untimely reactions on both sides lead us to waste time and take away forces where they must be applied to solve the specific problems of our societies,” Bordón concluded.
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Interview by Miguel Clariá.
