BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentine President Javier Milei has tapped his Finance Secretary Pablo Quirno to replace Gerardo Werthein as the country’s foreign minister, the president’s office said in a statement on Thursday. Werthein, who had been in the position for about a year, presented his resignation on Monday. In its statement, the president’s office said […]
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Argentina’s Milei taps finance chief Quirno as next foreign minister
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentine President Javier Milei has tapped his Finance Secretary Pablo Quirno to replace Gerardo Werthein as the country’s foreign minister, the president’s office said in a statement on Thursday.
Werthein, who had been in the position for about a year, presented his resignation on Monday.
In its statement, the president’s office said it hoped that Quirno’s appointment would deepen the relationship between the foreign ministry and the economy ministry, furthering the government’s “pro-market vision.”
It said that Quirno would continue to support Milei’s “cultural battle” in the defense of Western values and would continue to build international alliances.
(Reporting by Buenos Aires newsroom; Writing by Brendan O’Boyle)