Government confirms MILEI will travel to CHINA to meet Xi Jinping

In a few days, the president Javier Miley will make its first overseas tour in 2025: be in Washington on January 20 to attend the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump; and a few hours later he will travel to Davos, Switzerland, to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF), where he will speak a few words and hold meetings with delegations and global businessmen.

It will be a kick to many international travel What Milei plans to do this year. At least through Decree 17/2025 published in the Official Gazette a few days ago, the President has already authorized himself to be absent from the country until the corresponding law is approved by Congress.

From the presidency, they claim that there is dozens of study tripsbut until they are confirmed, they prefer not to let them transcend. There are cases that require revealing these itineraries in advance: for example, the news that the Genesis Price Foundation was going to award Milei the “Jewish Nobel Prize.” If there are no disadvantages, Milei will travel to Israel to receive the award in mid-March.

Javier Milei's trip to China

Even without a date, other destinations are already starting to appear on the horizon. In particular, one of them has a extremely high importance in geopolitical terms: that Milei will travel to the People's Republic of China in the coming months to meet his counterpart Xi Jinping.

“The journey is not in the air. It will be done. A specific date must be agreed“, confirms a The Chronicler an indisputable source of the Casa Rosada.

The ratification is important because in recent weeks there has been little news of progress toward completing this journey. Milei and Xi agreed in November last year – as part of a bilateral meeting at the G20 in Brazil – that the libertarian head of state will go to China and that his Asian counterpart will do the same by coming to Argentina.

“President Xi extended a formal invitation to President Milei to visit China, and in return, President Milei extended a formal invitation to President Xi to visit Argentina. These visits will be carried out within deadlines and according to terms to be agreed between the two ministries of Foreign Affairs.“, I communicate opportunely to Casa Rosada.

Both the Secretary General of the Presidency – led by Karina Milei – and the Chancellor – led by Gerardo Werthein – are finalizing the details to determine a specific date for the realization.

A source familiar with the negotiations estimated that It could be “in the first weeks of May”. Closer to the president, they indicate that the dates between “April and May” are being evaluated, even if “everything remains to be seen”.

key financial relationship

The days when Milei declared that he would not make “deals with the communists” are long gone. In an act of discursive pragmatism, in his speeches in international forums, The president avoids criticizing the Chinese model. He even went so far as to publicly declare that this country “is a very interesting trading partner” because “they don't demand anything” and “the only thing they ask is that we don't bother them.”

Milei privately told his people how surprised he was after seeing how the Chinese government decided to renew the activated section of the network. swap expiring mid-year for 35 billion RMB, equivalent to 5 billion US dollars. This financial instrument constitutes a fundamental part of the reserves available to the Central Bank (BCRA), this component being one of those that the International Monetary Fund examines in its quarterly assessments of objectives.

This view of China as a good government collaborator is shared by other key Cabinet officials. “China ready to collaborate in Argentina's financial stability“concluded a key man of the President a few hours after being in the bilateral agreement with China, which, even, did not exclude an expansion of to exchange. This desire has not been confirmed by the presidency.

New opportunities for Chinese trade and investment

During this meeting, China expressed its interest in increase trade with the Argentine Republic, while Argentina has expressed its desire to diversify and increase its export offer to the Chinese market.

“The two countries agreed to continue working to strengthen their trade ties and develop joint projects that benefit both economies. During the session, current trade and financial ties and agreements were reaffirmed.as well as the vocation to continue to explore new opportunities to expand and improve everything that involves strengthening bilateral relations,” adds the presidency press release.

The Parliamentary Friendship Group's upcoming trip to China will be key to seeing progress.which is chaired by National Representative Juliana Santillón and which is also composed of a diverse group of spaces through legislators such as Damin Arabia (PRO) and Julia Strada (UP), among others.

In December last year, the group visited Beijing and Shanghai, as part of a bridging meeting with political meetings (with senior officials from the National People's Congress of China) and others with businessmen. Another is expected in February, but with the objective of promoting investments and contacts with companies in this country interested in Argentina.