The government appointed Joaquín María de Aristegui Laborde as the new ambassador in Buenos Aireswith which, according to Foreign Affairs, Spain resumes normal diplomatic relations with the Latin American country after the ambassador’s withdrawal last May due to insults from Javier Milei to Pedro Sánchez. Following this decision, the government stressed that Spain and Argentina are “brother peoples, united by deep human and social ties”.
THE two governments issued a joint statement in which they affirm that Spain and Argentina are “brother peoples, united by deep human and social ties” and argue that the relationship between the leaders “must live up to the intensity of the ties that unite our peoples and our societies. Sitting down, they commit to strengthen the relationship “so that it reaches the highest level of trust” and the mutual respect in political and institutional terms that our people deserve.
The Government withdrew its ambassador in Buenos Aires, Maria Jesus Alonsolast May 21 after excuses won’t come that he asked the Argentine president after calling of the “corrupt” Begoña Gómezthe wife of the president of the government, during an event organized by Vox in Madrid two days earlier.
The first reaction was to summon the ambassador for consultations on May 19the next day, the Argentine ambassador was summoned to Madrid and, finally, after verifying that Milei not only did not back down but was abundant in his criticism towards Sánchez, the ambassador was dismissed, who was then formally dismissed from office.
