Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei will meet Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a visit to Germany in two and a half weeks, media reports said on Thursday.
The two leaders are due to meet for talks on June 23, the Argentinian newspaper La Nación reported, citing government sources in Buenos Aires. The German government did not initially confirm the meeting with Scholz.
The day before, Milei is to be honoured with the Hayek Medal of the liberal Friedrich A von Hayek Society in Hamburg.
So far, Milei has only made a few trips abroad. Since taking office in December, he has travelled to Israel, Italy and El Salvador on official missions.
Due to ideological differences, Milei has skipped trips to important neighbouring countries such as Brazil and Chile that are customary for Argentinian presidents.
Instead, Milei met Tesla boss Elon Musk in the United States, visited former US president Donald Trump at the conservative CPAC conference and met right-wing populist Santiago Abascal in Spain.
He cancelled his participation in the G7 summit in Italy and the peace conference for Ukraine in Switzerland.
There should be plenty to discuss at the meeting between Scholz and Milei: Argentina has many raw materials, such as lithium, which is urgently needed in Germany.
In addition, talks on a free trade agreement between the European Union and the South American economic organization Mercosur remain deadlocked.
As a loyal ally of Israel and Ukraine, Milei is more in line with the German government on international conflicts than his left-wing predecessor.