Argentina’s Milei to meet with Netanyahu, Herzog in Jerusalem today

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Argentinian President Javier Milei (C) visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem, June 9, 2025 (Argentinian Embassy in Israel)
Argentinian President Javier Milei (C) visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem, June 9, 2025 (Argentinian Embassy in Israel)

Argentina’s President Javier Milei will meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his office in Jerusalem today, the Argentinian embassy tells The Times of Israel.

President Isaac Herzog will also host Milei at an official reception at his residence at 2:30 p.m.

On Wednesday evening, Milei will receive the Genesis Prize in the Knesset, and will address Israeli lawmakers. He will also give a lecture at Hebrew University on Thursday before flying home.

Milei visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem after landing in Israel last night, accompanied by his close friend, Argentina’s Ambassador Shimon Axel Wahnish; Argentinian Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein; his sister and Presidential Secretary Karina Milei; and his wife. He offered a prayer for the hostages while wearing a kippah with his name written on it in Hebrew.

Milei is on a 10-day foreign trip. which has taken him to the Vatican, Rome, Madrid, and Nice.

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