The document states that it is “incomprehensible” that the president’s management Xavier Milei, has “a gesture of such gratuitous contempt” to one of the “most significant events of our diplomacy in the last half century.”
On the other hand, they recalled that the Treaty of Peace and Friendship with the trans-Andean country “Not only did it put an end to a meaningless rivalry with a town that was as neighboring as a brother, but it also opened a new chapter in history” of both nations, where “cooperation, exchange and the construction of mutual trust” were highlighted.
To finish, indicated that “the marked disdain for the President’s foreign policy” by the best diplomatic traditions of our Republic “puts at risk decades of work and recognized leadership.”
“The Government’s decision is a clear contempt for papal diplomacy that has played a key role as the architect of peace in our region,” stated the former national officials.
The Government will not attend the event for the 40th anniversary of the signing of the peace treaty with Chile
Gerardo Werthein, brand new Chancellor of the libertarian administrationwas going to have his debut as an Argentine representative in a audience in the Vatican which will take place next Monday to remember the 40th anniversary of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Argentina and Chile. However, eventually the official will be absent. The mistake is attributed to the tensions that were generated between Javier Milei and the president of Chile, Gabriel Boricduring the summit of the G20 carried out in Brazil.
On the part of the Government, according to the newspaper La Nación, the official justification for the failure was “scheduling problems.” Werthein’s decision generated surprise in the Vatican because the hearing will be chaired by the Pope Francis and the Chilean Foreign Minister, Alberto van Klaveren, He had already confirmed his presence.
According to the media, Milei’s government informed the Secretariat of State of the Holy See that Werthein will not be able to be present at the ceremony that will take place in the Sala Regia of the Vatican. Despite citing “scheduling problems,” the absence is influenced by the tense intersection that, as it turned out, they had Boric and the libertarian leader during the last G20 summit.
In detail, the Vatican will commemorate the signing of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Argentina and Chile, which was the result of the mediation of John Paul II (Supreme Pontiff from 1978 to 2005) in the midst of a strong dispute between the two countries due to the conflict. of the Beagle. The agreement took place on November 29, 1984 and avoided what could have been a war between both States.
Source: Ambito
