The Argentine president, Javier Mileicame to Israel this Tuesday and immediately announced his plan to move his country’s embassy to Jerusalem.
“Obviously it is my plan to move the embassy [argentina] to west Jerusalem“Milei told the Israeli Foreign Minister, Israel Katzafter getting off the plane in the Ben Gurion airportnearly Tel Aviv.
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Currently, the Argentine embassy is in Herzliyanear Tel Aviv, where the vast majority of diplomatic representations are located.
The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, is received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, Israel Katz, upon his arrival in Jerusalem on February 6, 2024. (Photo by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel / EFE)
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The Argentine president told the Israeli foreign minister that with his visit he wants to express his “support for the people of Israel” and “defend legitimate defense” of the Hebrew State versus “the terrorists” of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.
In his second trip abroad since assuming the presidency in December, Milei will be in Israel until Thursday, and according to his agenda he does not plan to travel to Occupied West Bank.
Milei, an economist who in recent years came closer to Judaism and whose country is home to the largest Jewish community in Latin Americawill meet this Tuesday in Jerusalem with the president Isaac Herzog and on Wednesday with the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
He will also hold meetings with businessmen and rabbis, visit the Holocaust museum, Yad Vashemand will travel to one of the kibbutz assaulted by Hamas commandos, which the October 7 They launched a surprise attack in southern Israel that left about 1,160 dead.
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The Argentine president precisely plans to meet with relatives of people kidnapped by Hamas.
In retaliation for the Hamas attack, Israel began bombing the city on October 7. Gaza Stripand its air and ground attacks have left more than 27,000 dead, according to Hamas, which governs the enclave.
From Israel, Milei will then travel to Italy, to hold a meeting with the Pope Francisco on monday in The Vatican and meet with the Italian president, Sergio Mattarellaand with the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni.
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