The Argentine president said that Israel was, along with the United States, the country’s “most important geopolitical partner.” Milei criticized alleged complicity of former Argentine leaders with Iran.
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Argentine President Javier Milei announced that the country is working with Israel on an agreement “in defense of freedom, democracy, the fight against terrorism and dictatorship.”
Milei made the announcement this Thursday, in the Argentine capital, during a meeting with businessmen from both countries, in which he said that the objective is to “strengthen the friendship that historically exists between Israel and Argentina.”
In a speech, the head of state highlighted the good relations between Buenos Aires and Tel Aviv, which he considers, along with the United States, the Argentina’s “most important geopolitical partner”.
Milei highlighted “the natural affinity he has with the people of Israel, but also the unwavering conviction to accompany, help and work alongside the State of Israel” whenever possible.
The President justified the memorandum with the Israeli Government by stating that “the Kirchnerists made a memorandum with Iran.”
In 2013, then-Argentine President Cristina Kirchner signed an agreement with Tehran that provided for the creation of a “truth commission” to investigate a bomb attack against the Israeli-Argentine Mutualist Association in Buenos Aires in 1994.
The agreement, which would allow Argentine prosecutors to travel to Iran to interrogate the accused, was ratified by the Buenos Aires Congress, but not by the Iranian Parliament.
“They signed spurious pacts of silence and complicity in the crime,” accused Milei, who maintained that his Government has moved forward with “sanctions, alliances in defense of justice and freedom.”
Hours earlier, the Argentine President criticized the arrest warrants of the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the former Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallant.
The decision ignores “Israel’s legitimate right to defend itself against constant attacks by terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah,” Milei wrote. on the social network.
Declaration of the Argentine Republic in defense of Israel
The Argentine Republic expresses its deep disagreement with the recent decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants against the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his…
—Javier Milei (@JMilei) November 21, 2024
The ICC on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and the head of the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, Mohammed Deif, whose death was claimed by Israel.
According to Israel, Deif was killed in an attack on July 13 in the southern Gaza Strip, although Hamas denies his death.
Milei visited Israel in February and caused controversy, both by comparing the Hamas attack to the Holocaust and by announcing his intention to move the Argentine embassy to Jerusalem.
The Gaza Health Ministry says at least 44,056 people have been killed in the enclave since the start of the war, sparked by an unprecedented attack carried out by Hamas on October 7, 2023 in southern Israel, which killed about 1,200 people and took about 250 hostages.
Argentine president defends new political, commercial and military alliance with the US.
Israel launched a bombing campaign and a ground offensive that injured more than 104,000 people in the Gaza Strip and displaced almost all of the 2.4 million inhabitants of the region, which is in a situation of humanitarian catastrophe. .
Source: Observadora
