Argentine President-elect Javier Milei departs the Eisenhower Executive Office Building after meeting with Biden administration staff at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., November 28, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Acquire Licensing Rights
WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Argentina’s president-elect Javier Milei met on Tuesday with top U.S. officials in Washington and his economic team huddled with IMF officers as he seeks to formulate a plan to reshape the country’s foreign policy and lead its economy out of crisis.
Milei told reporters as he left the White House that his meeting had been “excellent.” Among those in attendance were national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Juan Gonzalez, the National Security Council’s senior director for the Western Hemisphere.
“We talked about the economic and social conditions in Argentina at the moment,” Milei said in brief comments before he was whisked off in his official car. Milei aligned himself with Western values, his office later said.
Milei, a far-right libertarian who takes office on Dec. 10, won election this month pledging radical reforms such as dollarization and “shock” austerity to fix Argentina’s economy. Inflation is…
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