The president Javier Milei receives his counterpart from El Salvador Nayib Bukele in the Pink House. The president waited for him in the hall of busts and then they went to the presidential office. This is the first official visit of the Salvadoran president to Argentina.
“We are going to talk about many topics,” Bukele said minutes before arriving at the Casa Rosada in Plaza San Martín where he made the traditional floral offering. Among the topics that will be discussed are economy, energy, trade and security.
Both leaders went to the White Room to take official photos and then left to have a private audience. Part of the Cabinet accompanied the President in the room: the Minister of Economy, Luis CaputoSecurity, Patricia Bullrich, of Justice, Mariano Cuñeo Libarona, of Human CapitalSandra Pettovello and the chancellor Diana Mondino.
In parallel to the meeting between the presidents, a bilateral meeting is being held between the ministers of Argentina and El Salvador.
Javier Milei will offer a dinner in Olivos for Nayib Bukele
As part of the official visit, the president Javier Milei will host a dinner at Quinta de Olivos for his counterpart from El Salvador, Nayib Bukele. The agape will take place from 8:30 p.m. in the presidential residence.
The Salvadoran president’s agenda began at 2:30 p.m., when, together with Foreign Minister Diana Mondino, he participated in a wreath delivery ceremony in Plaza San Martín. From there he went to Casa Rosada, where he is scheduled to be received by Milei at 3:00 p.m.
For her part, the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrichwill lead the delivery of more than 300 new trucks and motorcycles to the Security Forces, as part of the strategy to modernize and strengthen their operational capabilities. The activity, which will take place from 10, will be together with the Minister of Justice and Security of Salvador, Gustavo Villatoro.
The relationship between Argentina and Bukele is fluid, with several meetings and winks to their credit. Previously, Bullrichvisited the Salvadoran capital where he met with Bukele. In addition, the representative of the Security portfolio visited the famous Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) – the largest prison in America – and signed an international agreement with the Ministry of Justice and Public Security of the Republic of El Salvador for the securing their states against organized crime groups transnational.
During this meeting, Bukele had revealed his affinity for the Argentine capital: “I went a lot because my wife studied there, while she did her master’s internship in a hospital, I walked around the city. It is the most beautiful of all, it has beautiful buildings like Paris, but it is a bit messy like Latin America“, he told Bullrich.
In addition, Milei and Bukele coincided this week in the United Nations Organization. There, both leaders gave speeches that were very critical of the role played by the United Nations and the so-called “Future Pact”.
Nayib Bukele’s first visit to Argentina
This is Bukele’s first time in the country. Although he had been invited to the libertarian’s presidential inauguration, He was absent at that time because he was on leave. preparing the campaign with which he achieved re-election. However, both had a private meeting last July.
Since he assumed the reins of the Executive Branch, Milei has shown his admiration for the fight against crime carried out by Bukele’s administration. Even the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrichalso traveled to El Salvador and signed an agreement to combat transnational crime.
Upon receiving Bukele, Javier Milei will sit at his table a leader questioned by multiple international organizations. At the beginning of September the Legislative Assembly of that country, controlled by the ruling New Ideas (NI) party, approved the thirtieth extension of the emergency regimeeffective since March 2022 and which suspends constitutional rights. This way, The extension was approved for one more month without legislative debatewhich continues to deny the detainees’ right to defense, the inviolability of telecommunications and the maximum administrative detention of 3 days.
Source: Ambito
