The United States Treasury Secretary, Scott Betting, met Monday with Javier Milei and reaffirmed “andl full support from the United States to the bold economic reforms of the president. ”
Through a statement, Donald Trump official found in Buenos Aires also praised the “prompt action” from Argentina to, he said, “reduce barriers to reciprocal trade with the United States.”
Besent’s visit is given days after Argentina arrived at An agreement with the IMF for a new loan of 20 billion dollars and the government decided the end of the exchange rate.
In the previous one it had been speculated that, within the framework of the Secretary’s trip to the country, it could be announced that the United States would make available to Argentina A direct credit line. “That is not under consideration”Besent clarified in an interview provided with the agency Bloomberg From Buenos Aires.
Meanwhile, as can be seen from the information provided from the United States Treasury, the secretary also congratulated Milei for “the Recent and successful negotiations from Argentina with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) “.
“And he emphasized the confidence of the United States in President Milei to continue promoting the positive economic impulse of Argentina,” added the text.
Milei in his office from Casa Rosada to Besent. The meeting was also participated in the business manager of the United States Embassy, Lydia Barraza, the Deputy Secretary for Affairs of the Western Hemisphere, Michael Kaplan, and the Chief of Cabinet, Dan Katz.
Next to the president were the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, the president of the Central Bank, Santiago Bausili, The Secretary of Finance, Pablo Quirno and the Secretary of Economic Policies, José Luis Daza.
Besent had met earlier with Caputo at the Palacio de Finance. Also through a statement, the United States reported that the secretary praised Caputo and his economic team for his “Crucial paper” in the “Design and Implementation” of what they called “the bold economic reforms of President Milei.”
“The secretary transmitted that Argentina can achieve A promising future For their population with economic policies that guarantee the stability and growth of workers and the dynamic private sector companies, “they said.
As reported Clarionthe American official landed Monday in the country to keep meetings with businessmen and the government, on an unusual tour in which he seeks to support government reforms and deepen bilateral relations.
Previously, the United States Secretary of the Treasury held a reserved lunch with a group of businessmen and multinational entrepreneurs in the Bosch Palace, the American ambassador residence in the country. As he could know ClarionThey were invited Marcos Galperin (Free market), Alejandro Bulgheroni (PAE), Julio Figueroa (Citi), Martín Genesio and Mariana Schooua (AMCHAM), among other executives.