Government officials responsible for organising the trip worked late into Monday night on the assumption that Javier Milei would attend the next G20 Leaders Summit, taking place over the weekend of November 22 and 23 in Johannesburg, South Africa. It would have been Milei’s second engagement as president with the forum that brings together the world’s 20 largest economies, both developed and emerging – a credential Argentina holds almost by chance, yet remains one of its most valuable.
But last night, sources at the Presidential Office told Perfil that Milei will not be travelling to South Africa. Instead Federico Pinedo, the government’s G20 “sherpa” – who acts as the president’s guide during the summit — and Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno, will attend on the head of state’s behalf.
A diplomatic source who was involved in organising the 2018 G20 Leaders Summit in Argentina, the only time it has been held here, warned that the President’s absence “will be seen as a slight to the whole of Africa – moreover, we’re the least significant member of the G20.
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