The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, has called the Spanish ambassador in Buenos Aires for consultations, after the “very serious words” of the president of Argentina, Javier Milei, about the head of the Executive, Pedro Sánchez, and his wife, Begoña Gómez, and has asked her to publicly apologize.
According to the Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Legal Spanish, a call for consultations to an ambassador consists of an order issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of a State for its ambassador in another country to “appear urgently in order to report on a certain matter.” and receive particular instructions.”
In this case, the highest representative of Spanish diplomacy in Argentina must return to Spain immediately after being requested by the ministry. In an institutional appearance this Sunday, Albares asked the Argentine president for “public apologies” for some words that he considers “very serious.” If they do not occur, he has announced that Spain will take the “appropriate measures” to defend its “sovereignty and dignity.”
The minister has pointed out that Milei’s words “overcome any type of political and ideological difference” and “are unprecedented in the history of international relations and even less in the history of relations between two countries and two peoples united by strong ties.” of brotherhood.”
Albares has regretted that the Argentine president “has been received in the capital of Spain in good faith” and has been treated “with all due respect and deference”, making “the necessary public resources of the Spanish State” available to him. during his stay in the country, but he has responded with “a frontal attack on our democracy, our institutions and Spain.”
