Even though we’ve only been in the office for a few days Javier MileyThe Argentine President has already laid the foundations for his diplomatic policy, led by an economist Diana Mondino. The Argentine Foreign Minister is an accomplished economist and businesswoman who has written in various newspaper columns Nation In recent years, he has expressed his views on Argentina’s economic relations and how he should act to become relevant again without turning himself in further.

Although Miley stated during the election campaign that he would have no dealings with left-wing or socialist governments, pragmatism also prevailed in the Foreign Office. After taking the oath of office, Minister Mondino met with representatives of Brazil, China, the United States, Mercosur and the European Union. There is also interest in having Javier Miley attend the Davos Forum and present himself there as an international actor. Ex-President Alberto Fernandez He was present in 2021, but like the former President Mauricio MacriMiley will premiere abroad at the World Economic Forum.

Minister Mondino’s main interest is for Argentina to maintain trade relations with the world’s leading powers and become an attractive destination for investment.

Argentina under the Kirchner administration was on the opposite side in many respects. He was one of Putin and Iran’s main allies in Latin America, as well as an ally of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. Now, with Miley, the goal is to turn this position around 180 degrees, and therefore the meetings that have been held so far. The OECD, European Union, US and Israel are the main diplomatic targets and continue to trade with China and Brazil as strategic trading partners.

Minister Mondino’s main interest is for Argentina to once again become diplomatically relevant, maintain trade and economic relations with the world’s leading powers, and at the same time become an attractive destination for investment.

There is a framework idea. Argentina, as a liberal democracy, must have relationships with other liberal democracies. It is not unreasonable that some of the first measures announced by the Minister of Economy concern import and export issues, since it is essential for the new administration to attract foreign investment to support strategic sectors and their renewal.

Fact of conservation Daniel Scioli, one of the most representative figures of Peronism as ambassador to Brazil, demonstrates a pragmatic agenda. As an ambassador, he managed to create good harmony when he ruled Brazil. Jair Bolsonaro both in Argentina and Alberto Fernandez, and now that he controls Lula da Silva in Brazil and Milea in Argentina, it is expected that this will help smooth out ideological rough edges.

As reported on Friday, Mondino has begun work and ceased his duties as Argentina’s representatives to the UN, France, the Holy See, Russia, Great Britain, Ethiopia and India. We’ll also have to be careful about who to name, if at all, in the case of Spain, as one rumor suggested they were going to name Juan Schiaretti, former governor of Cordoba, but it seems these were just rumors. Relations between Argentina and Spain are expected to deepen under Miley’s administration, and there is particular interest in the return of Spain, France, Italy and Britain as allies. In addition to official meetings, during his ascension to the presidency we were able to see Santiago PenaPresident of Paraguay, as a person especially close to the President of Argentina.

The normalization of diplomatic relations between Argentina and Israel will be one of the issues to watch. Apart from Milea’s desire to convert to Judaism, which can be said to become a cliché for many, the Kirchner administration became, as mentioned earlier, one of Iran’s main allies in the international arena. And this Copernican turn, given the importance of the Jewish community in Argentina, will have its direct consequences. Let us recall that it was in Buenos Aires that the AMIA attack took place, as a result of which 85 people were killed and more than 300 were injured, which became one of the largest attacks on the Jewish community outside of Israel.

In conclusion, we can say that there is Mondinaso, in political jargon, and that the intention to change Argentina’s diplomatic course goes further and has become a tangible fact in a few days. New appointments will have to be watched as there are 25 ambassadors on political appointments, especially those holding India’s chairmanship after the G20 summit in Delhi, the UN and the Holy See since Pope Francis is Argentinean.

Guillem Pursals He is a Doctor of Law, Master of Security, and a specialist in conflict, public security and state theory.