2024-07-19 00:11:03
Secretary General of the Presidium, Karina Milei held an emergency meeting with French Ambassador to Argentina Romain Nadal on Thursday, Apologized for Vice President Victoria Villarruel’s comments describing the country as “colonialism.”
According to Infobae, this is Urgent and reserved management seeks to neutralize negative impact of controversial statement Vice President Villaruel’s actions might lead to a diplomatic incident.
«Argentina is a sovereign and free country. We never had colonies or second class citizens. We never impose our way of life on anyone. But we also won’t tolerate them doing this to us. Argentina was built with the sweat and courage of Indians, Europeans, Creoles and black people like Remedios del Valle, Sergeant Cabral and Bernardo de Monteagudo. No colonial power will intimidate us for singing court songs or telling truths they do not want to admit. Stop pretending to be outraged, hypocrite. Enzo, I will leave you on the bench, Messi, thank you for everything! Argentines always hold their heads high! Long live Argentina.
That demonstration, announced A few days before Javier Milei planned a trip to Paris, Unease in French society towards Argentina has intensified following a video of national team players singing a song that contained racist and homophobic taunts was circulated.
that’s why President’s sister decides to step up efforts to demand apology and to prevent the situation from escalating and complicating in any way the visit of the head of state to the French capital, where the Olympic opening ceremony will be held.
According to Infobae, The meeting with Ambassador Romain Nadal lasted just over half an hour During the conversation, the Secretary-General of the Presidency carefully stated that the Argentine government did not agree in any way with the Vice President’s statement that France was a “colonial country”.
this Political relations of Javier Milei and Victoria Villarruel This is one of the political issues that attracts much attention as it goes through moments of tension and crisis.
According to Infobae, their relationship was in the best shape until the end of last month, but then began to deteriorate: First, Villaruel unilaterally stopped military promotions promoted by the Ministry of Defense; later, due to the flu, he missed the vigil and the subsequent signing of the May Convention, but he participated the next day independence day parade; Finally, the controversial statement once morest France was made just days following Millais visited France.
«This is not good. “He had to urgently meet with the French ambassador to defuse the conflict caused by Victoria Villaruel, which he was able to resolve,” official sources told Infobae.
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