The elected president of Argentina, Javier Milei will not meet the US president, Joe Bidenwhen he visits the White House, but with his chief foreign adviser, Jake Sullivan.

This was announced at a press conference on Monday by John Kirby, one of the White House spokespersons, who explained it Biden will not be able to meet the Argentine politician because he will only travel to Georgia tomorrow for the funeral of former first lady Rosalynn Carter. wife of former President Jimmy Carter (1977-1981).

After the funeral, Biden will travel to the state of Colorado, where he plans several events on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Kirby explained that Milei will meet with Sullivan, whose official position is White House National Security Advisor and is responsible, along with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, for designing the U.S. government’s foreign policy.

Milei He could also “potentially” meet with other members of the White House National Security Councilsaid Kirby, who did not specify whether Biden’s senior adviser on Latin America, Juan González, could be on that list.

“We’ll have to see how this all plays out. Unfortunately, the president will not be able to see him because he will be traveling within the country. But of course we want to continue to look for ways to work with Argentina,” the spokesperson said.

“Argentina,” he added, is a vibrant partner on this continent in many areas. “We look forward to hearing the president-elect’s ideas and seeing where he wants to go on policy issues to ensure we have the opportunity to keep that line of communication open.”

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Milei, leader of the far-right group La Libertad Avanza and who will take office as president of Argentina on December 10, traveled to New York on Sunday evening, where he visited Rabbi Schneerson’s grave at the Jewish cemetery of Montefiore on Monday.

After that visit, Milei traveled to Washingtonwhere he plans to hold meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the White House and the Treasury DepartmentThis is evident from sources from the future government.

After his victory in the last round of elections on November 19 Milei spoke by phone with Biden and the former president Donald Trump (2017-2021), who could be the rival of the current US president in the US presidential elections in November 2024.

According to an official statement from the office of the leader of La Libertad Avanza (far right), Trump plans to meet Milei in Buenos Aires.

Similarly, Milei had a conversation on Friday with Kristalina Georgieva, director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to which Argentina owes $46 billion.

The Washington-based organization pledged to “support efforts” to resolve Argentina’s serious macroeconomic imbalances in this first formal contact with the president-elect. (JO)