The president of France, Emmanuel Macron“congratulated” his Argentine counterpart, Javier Mileyfor his “political courage” and assured him that he will have his “total support” in organizations such as the FMI or for the entry of Argentina In others like the I’LL TAKE o to OECDthe South American country’s government reported on Friday.
In a statement released after the bilateral meeting between the two leaders in Paris, the Argentine government described the meeting as “an excellent one-hour meeting” and stressed that Macron’s decision to meet with Milei reflects “the excellent state of the relationship between France and Argentina and, more specifically, between the two presidents.”
Among the issues discussed, the statement highlighted potential cooperation on security and the arrival of French investments in Argentina, something that Macron “said he was interested in supporting.”
According to the report, Milei thanked France for its “support” for his country on the IMF board of directors, as well as for its “support” for Argentina’s entry as a global partner of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and in the process of joining the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
The leaders also discussed the July 28 elections in Venezuela“They agreed on their concern about the current situation” in that country and “affirmed their desire to work together for the benefit of democracy” in the Caribbean country.
Macron promoted dialogue contacts between the Government of Nicolas Maduro and the Venezuelan opposition, in which the former Argentine president intervened in the past Alberto Fernandez (2019-2023).
On the other hand, the text highlights that Macron “thanked Karina Milei her words after the controversy over the sports chants and the unfortunate Tweet (sic)» of the vice president, Victoria Villarrueland that “I personally appreciated his intervention.”
Macron was referring to the meeting that the Secretary General of the Presidency, the president’s sister, held at the French Embassy in Argentina to, according to Casa Rosada, apologize for a publication by Villarruel.
In the post, the Argentine vice president defended the South American country’s football team and called France a “colonialist” and “hypocritical” country for “feigning indignation” over the racist and homophobic chants against French players made by the Albiceleste after their victory in the Copa América.
The Argentine president’s agenda in Paris also included a meeting with French businessmen Estelle Brachlianoff, Patrick Pouyanné, Xavier Niel, Alexandre de Rothschild y Thomas Triolphe which, according to the presidential spokesman, Manuel Adornishowed “great expectations for the path that Argentina is taking.”
After taking part in the reception that the French president offered to the heads of state present in the country on the occasion of the Olympic Games, Milei will attend the inauguration of the sporting event on the banks of the Seine River before returning to Buenos Aires tomorrow, Saturday. EFE (I)
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