Since December, the president has been seeking a meeting in the country with his Argentine counterpart to strengthen the bilateral relationship.
President Luis Lacalle Pou reiterated his invitation to visit Uruguay to his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei, within the framework of the Annual Liberty Dinner in which they coincided in the neighboring country. The Uruguayan president had already invited him during his inauguration on December 10.
Lacalle Pou He has been trying for months to get Milei to schedule an official trip to this side of the Silver riverwith the intention of deepening diplomatic ties with those who understand that they can play a fundamental role in priority issues for the government such as, for example, the flexibility of the Mercosur. However, and despite the fact that both countries made progress on some important issues such as the dredging of the Port of Montevideothe visit does not materialize.
On Wednesday, at the Annual Freedom Dinner, hosted by the Freedom Foundation In Argentina, the president had the opportunity to reiterate his invitation. According to him he knew Ambit, and although the head of state of the neighboring country was not present during the speech of Lacalle Pou, Then they had a brief dialogue. At that moment he insisted again with the proposal of a meeting in Uruguayan lands.
What is the relationship between the presidents like?
Of the presidential candidates in the second round of elections in Argentina, Javier Milei was the one that gave the Uruguayan government the most hope, based on the discontent they had with the management of the then Minister of Economy. Sergio Massa.
When the results of the runoff were known that determined that the libertarian leader would be the next president of Argentina, Lacalle Pou He was one of the first international leaders to congratulate him. He did it through social networks, where he called for joint work between both governments; but also through a direct call from China, place where the president was on a diplomatic mission—also key for the Uruguayan economy.
Since then, the president’s winks towards his Argentine counterpart have been multiple, starting from his attendance at the inauguration on December 10, when he invited him for the first time and officially to visit the country; even public thanks and compliments regarding aspects of libertarian management.
But, beyond the clear intentions that it has Lacalle Pou to take the photo with Milei, We will have to see the repercussions that his speech at the Annual Freedom Dinner will have within the inner circle of the Argentine president. The comments regarding the “strong State” that guarantees “the freedom of individuals” were not well received among the sectors of Freedom Advances, and social networks were the scenario chosen to demonstrate this discontent, hand in hand with the “army of trolls” who are usually related to the government of the neighboring country.
Source: Ambito
