Spain's government on Wednesday condemned President Javier Milei for "external interference, attacks and insults" after the La Libertad Avanza leader called Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez a "dictator" and urged voters to oust him weeks before a general election.
"The Foreign Affairs Ministry expresses its strongest condemnation of the insults and slander directed by Javier Milei at the Prime Minister, Spain and the Spanish people. We also condemn in the strongest possible terms the call for violence he made this morning," the Spanish Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
"Spain is a sovereign nation that does not accept external interference, nor attacks or insults against its Prime Minister and its freely, democratically and sovereignly elected institutions, nor does it tolerate anyone disrupting our peaceful and democratic coexistence," it continued.
"It is shameful that a person who holds the highest office of a sister nation makes visits to our country with the only aim of trying to foster a climate of polarisation and violence amongst Spaniards and between sister nations such as Spain and Argentina," the Spanish Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Speaking at an event in Madrid earlier in the day, Milei referred to Sánchez as a "dictator," "thief" and "corrupt."
Spain has a general election set for November 29 and Argentina's leader called on voters to eject Sánchez's government.
You are suffering under the disgraceful dictator Pedro Sánchez," Milei said at an economic forum in the Spanish capital, adding: "Kick the Socialists out, because you are the cradle of liberalism."
– TIMES/AFP
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