President
Javier Milei
took off this Monday at noon to Tel Aviv, in Israel, where he will begin a tour that will also include Italy and the Vatican, places where he will hold meetings with Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu
, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Pope Francis, respectively.
From the commercial airliner carrying the head of state - which was delayed in departure because
Milei offered to take several selfies
- he made statements in which
he referred to Hamas
, a group he defined as
"terrorist"
and explained
the objective. staff behind this trip
.
“I am going to express
my support for Israel against the attacks of the terrorist group Hamas,
my solidarity with Israel and defend its legitimate right to defense,” said the president.
Milei announced weeks ago that the Government was already analyzing declaring the group that attacked Israel a terrorist organization, but that decision has not yet been made official.
At the bilateral level, the President said that during the trip they will seek to
“continue to deepen”
the “
commercial ties and, above all, so much affection
” with the government of Israel.
Milei is scheduled to meet with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to whom she, she said,
will confirm her adopted position
in international terms
“first-hand
. ”
Milei has, among other planned activities, a
visit to the Western Wall
in Jerusalem, and the
planting of a tree
in the Forest of the Nations of the Keren Kayemet LeIsrael.
“This is the spiritual part”
of the trip, she clarified on a personal level.
The head of state travels to Israel accompanied by the Secretary General of the Presidency, Karina Milei;
Foreign Minister Diana Mondino and Rabbi Axel Wahnish, Argentine ambassador to Israel and a close advisor to the President.
News in development.
D.S.