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| | On December 22, 2023 it was reported that China froze a $6.5 billion USD currency swap line with Argentina. Analysts say this complicates Milei's fight against inflation.<ref>https://energynewsbeat.co/china-puts-brake-on-argentinas-us6-5-billion-currency-swap-amid-milei-tensions/</ref> | | On December 22, 2023 it was reported that China froze a $6.5 billion USD currency swap line with Argentina. Analysts say this complicates Milei's fight against inflation.<ref>https://energynewsbeat.co/china-puts-brake-on-argentinas-us6-5-billion-currency-swap-amid-milei-tensions/</ref> |
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| | + | [[File:Javier Milei at the Western Wall.jpg|thumb|Javier Milei, touches the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, at Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday Feb 6 , 2024. (AP/Leo Correa). In a show of solidarity with Israel, Argentina's new president, Javier Milei, is in Israel, after choosing it as the site of his first presidential bilateral trip]] |
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| | + | In a show of solidarity with Israel, Argentina's new president, Javier Milei, visited Israel on Feb 6, 2024, after choosing it as the site of his first presidential bilateral trip. Pledges to nove Argentine Embassy to Jerusalem.<ref>Maggie Hroncich, [https://www.nysun.com/article/javier-milei-landing-in-israel-pledges-to-move-argentine-embassy-to-jeruslaem Javier Milei, Landing in Israel, Pledges To Move Argentine Embassy to Jerusalem], ''NY Sun'', 6 Feb 2024.<blockquote><small> |
| | + | ‘It is no wonder that you chose to come to Israel right away to support us in the just struggle for the defense of the Jewish people against the murderers of Hamas’, Israel’s foreign minister tells the new leader of Argentina. |
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| | + | Argentina's president, Javier Milei, touches the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, at Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday. AP/Leo Correa |
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| | + | In a show of solidarity with Israel, Argentina's new president, Javier Milei, is in Israel on Tuesday, after choosing it as the site of his first presidential bilateral trip.</small></blockquote></ref><ref>Sam Halpern, [https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-785469 Argentina's Javier Milei, in Israel, vows to move embassy to Jerusalem], ''JPost'', February 6, 2024.<blockquote><small> |
| | + | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lauded the Argentinian president's announcement of the transfer of Argentina's embassy to Jerusalem. |
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| | + | Argentinian President Javier Milei arrived in Israel on Tuesday ahead of the Argentinian head of state’s promised relocation of the country’s embassy to Jerusalem, the Foreign Ministry announced. Upon landing, Milei was welcomed by Foreign Minister Israel Katz. |
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| | + | "You are a value-driven person committed only to truth, and it is no wonder that you chose to come to Israel immediately to support us in the just struggle to defend the Jewish people against Hamas terrorists,” Katz told the Argentinian president.</small></blockquote></ref> |
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| | ==See also== | | ==See also== |