Argentine President Javier Milei left for Davos, Switzerland, on Monday afternoon, where he will address the 54th World Economic Forum gathering.
He will hold his first face-to-face meeting with International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Kristalina Georgieva. Milei and Georgieva will meet on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. CET, according to the president’s agenda. This will be Milei and Georgieva’s first in-person meeting.
The president will deliver a half-hour special address on Wednesday at 11:45 a.m. Argentine time on “Achieving security and cooperation in a fractured world”.
There will be no bilateral meetings or
press interviews during Milei’s three-day trip, although he will appear with
French President Emmanuel Macron for a photo on Wednesday.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken,
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro
Sánchez, and French President Emmanuel Macron will also give special addresses
on Wednesday.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang will speak on
Tuesday.
In his first trip as president, Milei will
travel to Davos with Chief of Staff Nicolás Posse, Economy Minister Luis
Caputo, Secretary General of the Presidency Karina Milei (who is his sister)
and Foreign Minister Diana Mondino.
Posse, Caputo, and Mondino will also speak
at the forum. They will return to Buenos Aires on Friday at 7:55 a.m. local
time.
