Spain has “definitively” recalled its ambassador to Buenos Aires, in a rapidly escalating row over comments made in Madrid by Argentina’s President Javier Milei.
President Milei had described the wife of Spain’s left-wing Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez as “corrupt” at a far-right rally on Sunday, without directly naming Begoña Gómez.
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares summoned Argentina’s ambassador, Roberto Bosch, to demand a public apology from President Milei, but no action was taken.
Mr Albares described the case as unique in diplomatic history. “There is no precedent for a head of state who goes to another country’s capital to insult its institutions and flagrantly interfere in its internal affairs,” he said.
Spain had initially withdrawn its envoy at the weekend for consultations but the foreign minister said on Tuesday that the ambassador would now remain in Madrid indefinitely. Argentina would no longer have a Spanish envoy, he said.
Credit: bbc.com
