Javier Milei leaves today for Davos, his first trip abroad as president, which will then be followed by a trip to Rome with an interview with Pope Francis and Israel. The trip to Davos will be short as the president will only stay for his speech, even if the date coincides with the presence of Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz.
The German one and the French one could then become two meetings or two greetings that were not initially on the agenda. A meeting with the head of the IMF is also planned, Kristalina Georgieva.
There is anticipation for Milei’s presence at the World Economic Forum, to the point that he will be presenting his thesis on Wednesdayn by the founder of the Forum, Klaus Schwab.
Milei will speak for 30 minutes in the exclusive Swiss Alpine village that brings together the 300 owners and CEOs of the companies that move the world’s money. She will highlight the benefits of libertarian principles. And he will point to his government’s work to leave behind a decades-long crisis that has plunged Argentina into poverty.
Moreover, as it turned out, he will say that Argentina is determined now to become a priority partner of democratic and liberal states, which seeks a Mercosur agreement with the European Union and to join the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD, as well as following WTO (World Trade Organization) rules and seeking other liberal trade agreements. Furthermore, that the country will play an active role in the defense of freedom and that in The economic aspect will seek to enhance the export, trade and investment matrix.
Javier Milei’s entourage is very reduced. The President travels with the Chief of Staff Nicolás Posse, Chancellor Diana Mondino, the Minister of Economy Luis Caputo, the Secretary General of the Presidency and his sister Karina Milei and Marcelo Cima, Secretary of International Trade of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs putting together the part technique and all the interviews that will fall mainly on Mondino.
They are on a commercial Lufthansa flight and none of them are accompanied by spokespeople. It already is in Davos meets ambassador Gerardo Werthein, appointed in the United States and Milei’s trusted man. They will arrive at the villa tomorrow afternoon by train from Zurich.
Mondino has a busy agenda and so does Luis Caputo, whose agenda of meetings with investors and bankers has not yet been disclosed.
Milei’s presence is there first since 2018, since Alberto Fernández gave up participating in that Forum. Mauricio Macri was never missing.
But perhaps due to the short duration of the presidential stay, yes few Argentine businessmen participating, excluding, among others, Marcos, Alejandro and Bettina Bulgheroni.
As for Foreign Minister Mondino, we learn that he will be with executives from CNN, Bloomberg and other information networks. He will participate in the dialogue on Latin American economic realism and in a JP Morgan cocktail party.
Another activity concerns the disruptive impact of emerging technologies and artificial intelligence. But the most important thing are the bilateral meetings with his counterparts from the Netherlands, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Costa Rica. And they are many planned with companies like Philip Morris, Merck, Nestlé, Visa, Coca-Cola and Dreyfus. As well as mining and oil companies such as Chevron, Riotinto and the French Total, among many.
Source: Clarin
