Overview
- Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno opened administrative proceedings and ordered the immediate transfer to Buenos Aires of Alejandro Emanuel Calloni from the embassy in Damascus.
- The action followed a viral screenshot attributing to Calloni a “like” on an Instagram post that joked about “fireworks for Israel,” which some reports noted later was no longer visible on the original post.
- President Javier Milei publicly amplified Quirno’s announcement, reflecting the administration’s declared alignment with Israel, including a planned embassy move to Jerusalem in 2026.
- Calloni has served at the Argentine Embassy in Syria since September 2023 as a secretary and head of the consular and commercial section after prior ISEN training and consular roles in Buenos Aires.
- The diplomat has not made public statements about the measure, and his other social media profiles remain set to private.