Gerardo Werthein confirmed that Javier Milei will travel to the Mercosur summit in Uruguay

Gerardo Werthein confirmed that Javier Milei will travel to the Mercosur summit in Uruguay

He chancellor Argentinean Gerardo Werthein he confirmed to his Uruguayan counterpart, Omar Paganinithat Javier Milei will be present in Uruguay next December 6 for a meeting of leaders for the Mercosur summit.

It will be the first time that Milei trip to Uruguay since he has been president, although he had already done so to give lectures since he became a libertarian reference.

The confirmation of Werthein to Paganini emerged in a bilateral meeting that they both had in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The meeting in Brazil was within the framework of the G20 summit, a group that Uruguay is not a member of but which, like other countries in the region, was invited to participate.

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Javier Milei with Luis Lacalle Pou.

According to the newspaper El País, at the meeting of foreign ministers they also discussed and agreed on the need to make Mercosur more flexiblesomething the president has insisted on Luis Lacalle Pou. In this sense, there was harmony in the intention for the bloc to be more open and to be able to negotiate with third countries.

Javier Milei meets with Xi Jinping within the framework of the G20 in Brazil

The president Javier Milei He will meet this Tuesday at 10:20 with his counterpart from China, Xi Jinpingwithin the framework of the G20 summit taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after going from insulting him during his presidential campaign to praising him because the Asian country “does not demand anything.”

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Javier Milei speaking at the G20.

Javier Milei speaking at the G20.

At 11:30 it will be the turn of the meeting with the director of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, and at 12, the President will hold a meeting with the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi. The last bilateral meeting of the day will be at 1:00 p.m. with the general manager of the Italian company Enel, Flavio Cattaneo.

By 3:00 p.m., Milei will be flying back to Buenos Aires.

Javier Milei met with the head of the World Bank

He President held a bilateral meeting on Monday with the head of the World Bankthe Indian-American, Ajay Banga.

The meeting was also attended by the Secretary General of the Presidency, Karina Milei; the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo and the Secretary of Finance, Pablo Quirno.

Milei detailed to Banga Argentina’s progress in economic matters. According to official sources, this week they could register progress in relation to the loans for US$2,000 million that the World Bank agreed with Argentina in October, as the organization promptly announced.

That amount is divided into four different projects. It is expected that two of them, referring to transportation subsidies and rationalization of electricity rates, for a total of US$500 million each, can be discussed at the World Bank Board of Directors this week. If approved, Argentina could have US$1 billion in the short term.

Source: Ambito

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