Opponents, and even politicians close to the government of Argentinacriticized Tuesday the president of the president Javier Milei When this country refrains in the vote of the UN resolution that demanded Russia withdraw “immediately, completely and without conditions all its military forces” from Ukraine.
The turn of the international policy of Milei, who had repeatedly supported the Ukrainian President, Volodimir Zelensky, was questioned by leaders of almost the entire political arch, including some who have distanced themselves from the party of former President Mauricio Macri, Republican Proposal (PRO), today ally of Milei.
The president of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), Martín Lousteau, was one of the first to pronounce against the vote and described the abstention of “Papelón”.
“Unfortunate the role of Argentina’s abstention at the General Assembly of the UNthus validating the invasion of Russia to Ukraine and its atrocities. Donald Trump’s childrenexpressed the senator on social networks next to a photo of Milei with Zelenski, taken only one month ago during the Davos World Economic Forum, in Switzerland.
Criticism to Milei for new position on Ukraine
Another of the radical legislators who questioned abstention is former vice president Julio Cobos, who wrote in X: “Three years after Russia’s invasion Ukrainethe National Government abstained in the vote. Thus, without any logic, we abandon the until now firm and explicit support to Ukraine. ”
Cobos presented on Tuesday at Congress a project to demand an answer on the foundations of the change of position in terms of foreign policy, which had the signatures of a large number of deputies.
The legislator of the Civic Coalition (CC) Juan Manuel López described the position of Argentina in the UN as “shameful, inexplicable and inconsistent.”
Former Minister of Culture Pablo Avelluto, who in the last year moved away from macrismo, wrote in his networks: “It seems that the cultural battle is also against the countries that defend themselves from the invaders. With Ukraine, against Milei ».
From progressivism, the deputy of the Left Front (PTS) Christian Castillo said that, during his first year of government, Milei «lined up unconditionally with the US story and the NATO on the war in Ukraine »to now make a 180 degree leap».
The link of Argentina and Ukraine
Argentina It was one of the 65 countries that abstained in the vote of the General Assembly of the UNwhich had 93 votes in favor and 68 against, among which were those of the United States, Russia, North Korea, Belarus and Hungary.
Argentina abstained next to the BRICs (Brazil, India, China and South Africa), the group of emerging countries in which Milei has not wanted to be.
On December 10, 2023, the Ukrainian President traveled to Buenos Aires to attend the Assumption of Milei, who during the election campaign had defended Ukraine against Russia.
“This is a new beginning for Argentina and I want the president Milei And all the Argentine people surprise the world with their successes. I am also sure that bilateral cooperation between Ukraine and Argentina will continue to expand, ”Zelenski then wrote.
Months later, in June 2024, Milei participated in the Peace Summit that Zelenski summoned on June 15 in Switzerland, where he said, “in the name of the Argentine people”, his “maximum support for the people of Ukraine” and repudiated “all forms of violence.”
In the same UN Assembly, in September 2024, he accused the UN of being “an impotent organization to provide solutions to true global conflicts such as the aberrant Russian invasion to Ukraine, which has cost life to more than 300,000 people”.
This year both leaders returned to meet in Davos, just after the presidential assumption of Donald Trump.
Source: Gestion
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