Overview
- President Javier Milei received Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar at the Casa Rosada and said he will travel in 2026 to inaugurate Argentina’s embassy in Jerusalem.
- Gideon Sa’ar told a bilateral forum that April or May is the target window for Milei’s trip to open the new embassy.
- Argentina’s foreign minister, Pablo Quirno, is scheduled to visit Israel in February as part of the implementation steps.
- Sa’ar arrived with an Israeli business delegation to expand investment and technology cooperation, with meetings at the Casa Rosada and the Palacio San Martín.
- The agenda included tributes to victims of the 1992 Israeli Embassy and 1994 AMIA bombings, events with DAIA, and meetings with Argentine officials including Martín Menem, Patricia Bullrich, and Luis Petri, as Sa’ar praised Argentina and Paraguay for consistent support of Israel in international forums.