The Diplomat The Argentine president, Javier Milei, does not plan, "in principle", to hold any meeting with members of the Spanish Government during the visit he will make to our country next Friday, the 21st. This was indicated yesterday in Buenos Aires by Manuel Adorni, spokesman de Milei, when asked by journalists at a press conference. Before the visit that the Argentine president made to Madrid on May 19 to participate in a Vox event, the Casa Rosada suggested that the meetings with the Spanish authorities could take place on the next trip, that is, the one planned for the Next Friday, the day Milei will receive the Freedom Award, awarded by the Juan de Mariana Institute. However, after some insinuations from the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, that Milei ingested “substances”, the Argentine president took advantage of the Vox event to accuse Begoña Gómez, the wife of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, of “corruption”. This caused a diplomatic crisis between Spain and Argentina, which resulted in the decision of the Spanish Executive to withdraw its ambassador in Buenos Aires. Although the conflict between Sánchez and Milei continues, Argentine journalists, when asking Adorni about the details of the agenda of the Argentine president's new visit, wanted to know if there will be any meeting with members of the Spanish Government. The spokesperson did not advance the appointments on Milei's agenda, beyond the reception of the award, but said that "in principle" no meeting with anyone from the Spanish Executive had been planned. Nor does there appear any visit by Milei to the Majesty of the King, according to the official agenda that the Zarzuela Palace provides to the media on a weekly basis. However, Manuel Adorni acknowledged that the Argentine president's agenda "may change" until Thursday, the day he will leave Buenos Aires for Madrid at seven thirty in the afternoon. The government spokesman reiterated that the controversy with Spain, which he reduced to "an argument between two people" in a "personal capacity", is now a "settled" issue. In this sense, he alleged that Milei limited himself to responding "in a very subtle way" to statements in which he was accused of being a "drug addict," alluding to some words by Minister Óscar Puente. In fact, last Monday Milei once again alluded to a controversy that was affecting Puente to come out in defense of journalist Vito Quiles, whom he described as "persecuted." Adorni confirmed that they consider that Quiles has been "mistreated", without taking into account "freedom of the press and expression." The Argentine president's imminent trip to Spain also came up at the press conference after the Council of Ministers, in which the Government spokesperson, Pilar Alegría, confirmed that she was not aware of Milei's agenda. And she limited herself to saying that he hopes, however, that "he always maintains respect for the institutions of this country and for the Spanish people."
