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The newspaper La Jornada
Saturday, July 27, 2024, p. 22

Paris. Argentine President Javier Milei was received yesterday by his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, hours before the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris.

Macron I congratulate to his Argentine counterpart for his political courage and assured that it will have its Full support in organizations such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and for Argentina’s entry into others such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Milei’s government reported yesterday.

The meeting between the two heads of state reflects the excellent state of relations between France and Argentina and, more specifically, between both presidentsthe statement added.

Milei declared to Bloomberg that safely The Argentine government is expected to reach an agreement with the IMF by the end of the year, in the first indication of a new schedule for negotiations. According to the Argentine government, Macron mentioned the difficulties that some French companies had in the past in investing in Argentina and said he intended to give a boost to their investments.

Milei then travelled to the French embassy, ​​where she met with various French businessmen, including Estelle Brachlianoff (CEO of Veolia Environnement), Patrick Pouyanné (Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies) and Xavier Niel, to name a few.