He president Javier Milei received this morning the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy, Antonio Tajani, at Casa Rosada. After the meeting, the Italian official highlighted, through his X account, that “Italy and Argentina share the same values and principles, especially that of freedom“.
The chancellor also held a bilateral meeting with the chief of staff, Guillermo Francosin the absence of Foreign Minister Diana Mondino, on tour in India. The meeting meant a reinforcement of the harmony between Milei and Giorgia MeloniItalian Prime Minister, who have already met three times since the beginning of the libertarian administration.
The meeting between Milei and the Italian Chancellor
The Argentine president was present in the Hall of Busts at 8:15 and met with the star official of the Cabinet of the president of the Council of Ministers of Italy prior to the usual small table meeting that he leads with his most senior team. reduced. Previously, Milei had 3 meetings with Meloni, among which are a trip to Italy, the G7 summit and the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
“Italy and Argentina share the same values and principles, especially that of freedom,” Tajani said after the talk with Milei.
Throughout his career, Tajani was a former European MP, served as spokesman for the controversial Berlusconi vice president of the European Commission and vice president of the European Parliament, reaching the presidency in 2017.
After the meeting with the Argentine president, the Italian official held a bilateral meeting with Francos, to whom he expressed his support for the Government’s economic program and foreign policies. “Our goal is to strengthen relationships in all sectors. “We work so that Italian companies are increasingly present in Argentina,” Tajani stressed.
The Secretary of Tourism, Environment and Sports, Daniel Scioli, also met with the Italian politician. Both parties signed a sports integration agreement with the intention of “strengthening bilateral relations also through sports diplomacy”, in what proclaimed the first celebration of the Italian Sports Day in the country.
The claim of Italy and Argentina for Venezuela
In their recent visit, the Italian authorities took advantage of their visit to the country to issue a statement, jointly with the Foreign Ministry headed by Mondino, to express concern about the situation in Venezuela, after the self-proclaimed triumph of Nicolás Maduro. In it, both parties denounced that “the result announced by the CNE lacks credibility and democratic legitimacy, as shown in the reports of the United Nations Panel of Experts and independent international experts, as well as in the data published by the opposition”.
Furthermore, the text condemned “continued repression and human rights violations and demand the release of those arbitrarily detained as well as the respect for a fair trial”, and the situation to which the opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia is subjected. “Argentina and Italy will continue to work together to maintain attention on Venezuela and support the efforts of regional partners to facilitate a peaceful and lasting solution to the crisis,” the document concluded.
Source: Ambito
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