The “old guard” of the State Department and pro diplomats convinced the President to go to the G-7 summit

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On Thursday morning, when the Argentine Embassy in Italy and the Argentine Government itself, everything seemed defined Giorgia Meloni He received an official apology. President Xavier Miley The Italian Prime Minister will decline the invitation and will not attend the G-7 meeting, which will take place on Thursday 13th in the heavenly landscape of Borgo Egnazia, and will involve a minimal number of world leaders Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron, Olaf ScholzHe Pope Francisco and his neighbor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as participants and guests.

But everything changed. So much so that by afternoon the government itself folded its kite and made an informal announcement Miley’s appearance at the summit.

What happened? As far as he could tell Nation, The first line of the foreign ministry, headed by career diplomats such as the Chancellor Leopoldo SahoresSecretary for International Economic Relations, Marcelo Cimaand Under Secretary for Latin America, Mariano VergaraMore diplomatic representatives responding to the pro stressed in private conversations the importance of the head of state’s presence at the summit. “I couldn’t be there. Luckily we were heard,” In those hours of uncertainty, the two diplomatic negotiators at the Casa Rosada agreed with a tone of relief.

At Macrismo, from whose ranks came several current Foreign Ministry officials, he acknowledged that the president’s original decision “surprised everyone”, since “he was invited to the G-7 a long time ago, he feels comfortable with Meloni and it is an important occasion for Argentina.” In any case, he acknowledged that dividing the trip into two segments, with a five-day stay in Buenos Aires, “seems logical, because “It was a very long journey into the country at this time,”

According to a high-ranking former official of the Cambiemos government.

When the press asked for details, he ironically told the President, by way of justification, “That’s just the way we are.” The changing and still undefined official agenda.

Now that the short-term outlook has been made clear – Miley will travel to the G-7, return to the country and on the 20th she will return to Europe to receive awards in Spain and Germany – the government has given assurances that The president’s zigzag and his preference for meetings with executives of technology companies over heads of state They are “understood” beyond our borders. “He is clearly a disruptive president Various communication systems. “(Raul) is more similar to (Carlos) Menem than Alfonsin,” said a top diplomatic source in the Foreign Ministry. Diana Mondino.

“Diplomacy has fairly stable rules and You always get to the bottom of the process with forms. Will Miley be able to change that trend? “We don’t know,” asked another source in the foreign relations field, somewhat puzzled by Miley’s international strategy, which, in addition to canceling her stay in France, has involved a lot of speculation. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was left without his presence, Organisers of the peace summit in Lucerne, Switzerland next weekend.

While his legislative representatives analyze how to avoid another defeat like Monday’s in Congress, he orders the distribution of public works to governors through the Chief of Staff and defends the Minister of Human Capital, Sandra Pettovello,

Miley and her circle more The neighbourhood has started thinking about its participation in the G-7.

In addition to the expected exchanges with her American counterpart Biden – from whom she has not yet received a formal invitation to welcome her to the White House -, the Frenchman Macron (with whom Miley has canceled a meeting scheduled for the 19th) and Pope Francis , Miley will be in the same field as the Brazilian president, with whom he has had “no relationship” since the beginning of his term. Following the accusations of “communist” and “corrupt” that Miley had leveled against him during the electoral campaign that took him to the Casa Rosada, While Lula did not hide his liking for Sergio Massa Argentina in the competition.

Will Miley and Lula have a private talk? In both chancellors they are cautious. “There is no need to put pressure or rush. If it has to happen, it will happen,” says a Brazilian diplomatic source Nation. And he says that, beyond the coolness between the two presidents, “the bilateral bond runs without problems.” His goal at the San Martín Palace is more in mid-July, when Miley – if everything goes according to plan – arrives in Asuncion for her tour. First meeting of the Mercosur Presidents.

Before that, Miley will be in Buenos Aires from June 15-20, which includes Flag Day. I will be traveling a second time to Madrid on the 20th at night, To be in Spain on the 21st and receive the award Juan de Mariana Institute for “exemplary defense of the ideas of freedom”.

Other awards given in previous years by the same entity, a think about it thank you He was a Peruvian writer of liberal leanings Mario Vargas Llosa; their Spanish counterparts Antonio Escohotado And Alberto Benegas Lynch (H.), One of the liberal thinkers most admired by the president.

On her last trip to Spain, Miley attended an election campaign event the far-right group Vox, And he appeared with his leader, Santiago Abascal. His criticism of Begoña Sánchez, wife of the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez, A diplomatic crisis arose that ended with the Spanish ambassador in Buenos Aires, Maria Jesus Alonso, Back in Madrid.

From the Spanish capital, Miley will arrive in Germany for two days, where he will have two central appointments: on the 22nd, in Hamburg, he will receive Friedrich von Hayek Prize And on the 23rd he will be welcomed with military honours. German Social Democratic Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who will open the German government headquarters on Sunday for the occasion. Of social democratic affiliation, but a fan of fiscal balance, Scholz would ultimately be the only president with whom Miley would meet in a bilateral meeting on the second leg of their European tour.

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