2024-06-30 20:06:50
President Javier MileyHe will not travel to the Mercosur Summit of Heads of State, scheduled for next Monday, July 8. Thus, he will avoid sharing the stage with the Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silvaafter the exchange of statements that strained the bond between both officials to the extreme.
“The Port of Asunción, with its rich cultural history, will host the Summit of Heads of State of Mercosur, to be held under the Pro Tempore Presidency of Paraguay. The activities will take place from Thursday 4 to Monday 8 July, when Paraguay will hand over the Pro Tempore Presidency to Uruguay,” is the phrase published on the official website of the South American bloc. This bucolic definition does not seem to contain the effervescence that exists within Mercosur, mainly among the leaders of the two main partners.
“The things I said above are true. What are the problems? Did I call him corrupt? And wasn’t he imprisoned for being corrupt? And what did I say to him, a communist? And isn’t he a communist? Since when do we have to ask for forgiveness for telling the truth? Or are we so sick of political correctness that we can’t say anything to the left, even if it’s true?” said the Argentine president in a television interview.
Milei’s reaction responded to Lula’s previous statements, who in a journalistic dialogue explained why he avoided him during the G7 meeting in Italy: “I did not speak with the president of Argentina because I think he should apologize to Brazil and me. He said a lot of nonsense. I just want him to apologize. I love Argentina, it is a country that I like very much, it is a very important country for Brazil, and Brazil is very important for Argentina. It is not a president of the Republic who is going to. create tares between Brazil and Argentina”.
Mercosur, which is currently chaired by Paraguay, governed by Santiago Peña, was going to be the second international stage in which Lula and Milei were going to share a stay, after the meeting in which both participated as guests at the G7, in Italy, where they were deliberately avoided. But in the end it won’t happen.
As could be found out from official sources, the libertarian leader decided not to travel. The representation will be in the hands of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Diana Mondinoreported the Infobae portal.