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This is a list of international presidential trips made by Javier Milei, the president of Argentina, since December 2023. As of August 2024, Milei has made 19 international trips to eight countries during his presidency, five of which were to the United States.

Summary

Further information: Foreign relations of Argentina
Number of visits Country
6 United States
2 Italy, Spain, Switzerland
1 Brazil, Chile, Czech Republic, El Salvador, France, Germany, Israel, Vatican City

2023

Milei (center) praying in the grave of Menachem Mendel Schneerson on 27 November 2023.

In 2023, Milei had made a single trip overseas as president-elect.

Country Areas visited Date(s) Notes
 United States New York City 27 November Further information: Argentina–United States relationsFurther information: Argentina and the International Monetary Fund While serving as president-elect, Milei had made a trip to New York City, citing personal reasons. While on this trip, he first visited and connected with the Hasidic community. Notably paying tribute to Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson and meeting Rabbi Simon Jacobson, who has had a great influence on him. Afterward, Milei met with former President Bill Clinton, as well as several officials from the American government and the International Monetary Fund.

2024

Milei and Isaac Herzog shake hands in Beit HaNassi in Jerusalem on 6 February 2024.
Milei with Italian president Sergio Mattarella
Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa and Milei shaking hands at the second inauguration of Nayib Bukele
Milei with Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida at the 50th G7 summit
Country Areas visited Date(s) Notes
  Switzerland Davos 17 January Further information: Argentina–Switzerland relations Milei travelled to the World Economic Forum Summit in Davos. There, he held a speech critical of certain World Economic Forum policies and ideals while appealing to entrepreneurs to invest in Argentina.
 Israel Jerusalem 6 February Further information: Argentina–Israel relations Despite having said that his first presidential trip abroad would be to Israel, it became his second official visit as president. During his visit to Israel, he met with the Israeli President, Isaac Herzog as well as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called Milei a "great friend of the Jewish State". While visiting the area near the conflict with Hamas, Milei met with the families of the victims of the Israel–Hamas hostage crisis. During his trip, Milei also vowed to move the Argentine embassy to Jerusalem.
 Vatican City
 Italy 		Vatican City
Rome 		11 February Further information: Argentina–Holy See relations and Argentina-Italy relationsMilei visited Pope Francis in his first visit to the Vatican as president where they also commemorated and Francis canonized Argentina's first female saint. After that, Milei met with the Italian President, Sergio Mattarella, Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni along with prominent business and religious leaders during his trip.
 United States Washington, D.C.
National Harbor 		24 February After having met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Casa Rosada, Milei boarded a plane bound for Washington, D.C. to later attend Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland where he was scheduled to hold a speech the same day. Milei also met with former President Donald Trump.
 United States Miami
Austin 		10–12 April On 10 April, Milei visited a Chabad Lubavitch synagogue in Miami which honored him with a distinction. On 12 April, he met with Elon Musk in Austin, Texas where he toured the Tesla Gigafactory.
 United States Los Angeles 5–6 May Milei travelled to the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles. He gave a speech on May 6 and encouraged the business leaders present in the meeting to invest in Argentina, later he met with FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Musk, in his second meeting with the businessman in 2024.
 Spain Madrid 17–19 May Further information: Argentina–Spain relations On 17 May, Milei presented his book El camino del libertario in Madrid. On 18, he held a meeting with business executives and Santiago Abascal, leader of the Spanish Vox party. On 19 May, he gave a speech in the "Europa Viva 24" political event.
 United States San Francisco Bay Area 28–30 May On 28 May, Milei met with Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. On 29 May, he met with Condoleezza Rice, the Director of the Hoover Institution and former Secretary of State, and Richard Saller, President of Stanford University, it was on this university where he also gave a speech. On the same day he met with Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple Inc and Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet Inc and Google. Finally on May 30 he gave a speech in the Pacific Summit conference. Later on the same day he held a meeting with Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms.
 El Salvador San Salvador 1 June Further information: Argentina–El Salvador relations Attended the second inauguration of President Nayib Bukele.
 Italy Fasano, Apulia 13–15 June Argentina was one of the countries invited to the 50th G7 summit hosted by Italy at the Borgo Egnazia resort in Apulia. There, Milei met with heads of state of the G7 such as French president Emmanuel Macron and US president Joe Biden as well as other invited leaders.
  Switzerland Bürgenstock Resort 15–16 June After his presidential trip to Italy, Milei attended the Ukraine peace summit at Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland.
 Spain Madrid 21 June Milei made a private non-official visit to Madrid, Spain. There, he met with political opponents to Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez, whom he and his wife, Begoña Gómez, had been accused of corruption by Milei, which soured diplomatic tensions between the two countries.
 Germany Hamburg 22 June Further information: Argentina–Germany relations The day after meeting with Spanish opposition politicians, Milei met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The German government had also organised a greeting with military honors as well as a joint press conference between Milei and Scholz, but this was later canceled by the German government.
 Czech Republic Prague 24 June Milei visited the Czech Republic and was greeted by Czech President Petr Pavel and Prime Minister Petr Fiala whom he would have a meeting regarding the Russo-Ukrainian war before giving a speech at a libertarian think tank, the Liberal Institute.
 Brazil Balneário Camboriú 7–8 July Further information: Argentina–Brazil relations Milei travelled to Balneário Camboriú as an invitee to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Brazil, where he met with former President Jair Bolsonaro.
 United States Sun Valley 12–13 July Milei travelled to Sun Valley, Idaho as an invitee to an Allen & Company meeting with business and technology executives.
 France Paris 25–27 July Attended the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Also held a meeting with President Emmanuel Macron.
 Chile Santiago 8 August Attended a commemorative event for the anniversary of the foundation of the GasAndes company.
 United States New York City 22–25 September On 23 September, Milei rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange, on that same day he also met with Musk. On 24 September, Milei gave a speech at the General debate of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
 United States Palm Beach November Visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago. Spoke at Conservative Political Action Conference.

References

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