Malvinas top agenda as Milei plans New York trip for UN speech
After ramping up the rhetoric on the Malvinas sovereignty dispute, President Javier Milei is preparing to travel to the United States seeking a lift in his political fortunes. He will attend the UN General Assembly, but his schedule remains mostly unknown. Leer más
Argentine President Javier Milei is set to travel to New York for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) once again, with his agenda centered around the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands. While the exact composition of his delegation and the details of his itinerary remain undisclosed, it is known that Milei will deliver an address to the UN and hold a dinner with investors and entrepreneurs.
The delegation will consist of President Milei, Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno, Presidential Chief-of-Staff Karina Milei, Argentina's UN representative Francisco Tropepi, and possibly Alec Oxenford, Argentina's ambassador to the United States. The timing of Milei's trip is significant, as tensions between the United States and the United Kingdom have heightened due to the Malvinas issue.
The US, under President Donald Trump, has shown no clear position on the matter, while the UK remains ambiguous about its stance. Argentina's Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno has expressed optimism over recent calls for self-determination from pro-independence parties in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, seeing it as a potential advantage for Argentina.
However, this optimism may be tempered by the US State Department's neutrality on the islands, as stated by the US ambassador to Argentina, Peter Lamelas.
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