Once the Bases law and the fiscal package were approved in the Senate, Javier Milei is calmly enjoying his eighth trip abroad since he became president. Yesterday, within the framework of the G7 summit held in Italy, spoke about artificial intelligence before the leaders of world powers, in a panel in which Pope Francis also participated. Then, he met with the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva.
Milei, who was invited to participate in the summit by the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, arrived on Thursday night at the airport in the city of Bari, in the Apulia region. He was accompanied by a delegation made up of the general secretary of the Presidency, Karina Milei; the Argentine ambassador to the United States, Gerardo Werthein; the head of the Council of Economic Advisors, Demian Reidel; the PRO deputy Fernando Iglesiasand technical, protocol and security officials.
Foreign Minister Diana Mondino, who is going through a delicate situation within the Cabinet, was not part of the delegation., especially after the nonsense that occurred last week with Milei’s rudeness to 19 ambassadors from Arab countries who were waiting for him at the Islamic Cultural Center of Palermo, after the President decided to cancel his visit upon learning of the presence of the Palestinian ambassador. The order that the Chancellor not participate in anything less than a G7 meeting had been unusually justified days ago by the presidential spokesperson, Manuel Adorni, who in one of his usual morning press conferences used as an argument the small number of officials who could integrate the presidential delegation.
The Argentine president arrived after noon (local time) at the luxurious Borgo Egnazia tourist complex in Bari, where The summit of the G7 took place, the influential group of countries made up of the United States, Germany, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Japan and Italy, in addition to the European Union (EU), which has permanent representation within the bloc. Milei was warmly received by the Italian Prime Minister and host of the international event, Giorgia Meloni, with whom he had a long conversation, in which they seemed relaxed and even indulged in an exchange of laughter.
Subsequently, the far-right Argentine president spoke on a panel about artificial intelligence (AI) and provided his vision on the global advance of this new technology. He sat at the main table of the panel next to Pope Francis, who also debated the topic, and whom he had previously greeted with a handshake and even a hug, in an attitude contrasting with the well-known contempt that the libertarian has for the Supreme Pontiff.
The leaders of the United States listened to Milei’s speech, Joe Biden; from Canada, Justin Trudeau; from United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak; from Germany, Olaf Scholz; from Japan, Fumio Kishida; and from France, Emmanuel Macron. Also present were the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen (in charge of the Executive Branch of the European Union), and the president of the European Council, Charles Michel.
“The discussion between apocalyptic AIs and integrated AIs has reached the global arena, with the Argentine president leading one of those visions,” said deputy Iglesias, who was invited by Milei in his capacity as head of the Commission, in statements to the press. Permanent Foreign Relations and Worship of the Chamber of Deputies. At the beginning of June, The Argentine president had expressed in a radio interview his desire to implement a reform of the State through the use of artificial intelligence provided by the Google company.. “At Google they have an armed system to reform the State through Artificial Intelligence. Do you know where they applied it very successfully? In El Salvador,” the libertarian stated on that occasion, who days ago had met in San Francisco with the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, creator of ChatGPT.
After the panel, Milei took a photo with Kristalina Georgieva, director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with whom she later held one of the bilateral meetings that were part of the agenda of the Argentine head of state at the summit. “I always love meetings with you because you are hyper-transparent and I think we connect through transparency,” she expressed when shaking hands. She also had time for an informal conversation with the American president, Joe Biden, who at the opening of the conclave again suffered a moment of disorientation when he greeted a sector where there were no people, to the discomfort of the rest of the G7 leaders.
The libertarian was present in the extended group photo of the G7, along with the heads of state and representatives of the organizations that participated in the conclave. According to official information from Casa Rosada, the President is also expected to meet with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and with the head of the World Bank (WB), AJay Banga.
The visit of the Argentine president to the European continent occurred simultaneously with the Government’s decision to incorporate the country into the so-called Rammstein Group, made up of the 57 nations that support Ukraine in its war against Russia. This is a decision in line with the foreign policy unrestrictedly aligned with the United States promoted by Milei, who invited the Ukrainian head of state, Volodymyr Zelensky, for his presidential inauguration on December 10.
