India's Prime Minister will visit Argentina and meet with Javier Milei.

India's right-wing Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, will visit Argentina next July 5 to hold a bilateral meeting with President Javier Milei.

This will be the second meeting between the two leaders, after the one they shared during the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where they agreed on the affinity between their governments and on the opportunities for cooperation in key areas.

"The meeting will be on July 5," high-level sources at Casa Rosada revealed. Days earlier, on July 2 and 3, Milei will receive his Mercosur counterparts: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Brazil), Santiago Peña (Paraguay), and Yamandú Orsi (Uruguay).

At the moment, there is no certainty about the bilateral meetings that Milei might hold with some of those presidents. In particular, it is considered unlikely that he will meet with President Lula, given the Argentine president's rejection of joining the BRICS bloc at the start of his administration.

India, also a member of the group, will participate in a new BRICS summit to be held in Rio de Janeiro on July 6 and 7, which is why Modi will be in the region.

It was precisely in Rio where Milei and Modi held their first official meeting, during the closing of the G20 Summit. Back then, Milei was accompanied by the Secretary General of the Presidency, Karina Milei, and the ministers Gerardo Werthein (Foreign Affairs), Federico Sturzenegger (Deregulation), Luis Caputo (Economy), as well as the presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni.

"I had an outstanding meeting with President Javier Milei of Argentina. India values its close friendship with Argentina," stated Prime Minister Narendra Modi through his social media.

He also highlighted that "our Strategic Partnership is five years old and adds immense vitality to bilateral relations. We discussed enhancing ties in energy, defense production, trade, and culture," he added.

At Casa Rosada, officials consider the relationship with India to be highly beneficial and believe there is room to intensify bilateral trade and encourage new investments. India represents a significant opportunity due to its growing global prominence as the most populous country and its projection as a future third world economy, with a sustained demand for food and energy resources.

From New Delhi, Modi's government also shows interest in strengthening ties with Argentina as a bridge to channel Indian investments in key sectors such as energy and mining.

In line with that objective, the First Meeting of the Joint Working Group on Mineral Resources between the two countries was held in February. On Argentina's side, the Secretary of International Economic Relations of the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Luis María Kreckler, and the Secretary of Mining of the Nation, Luis Lucero, participated. Representing India was Kantha Rao, Secretary of the Ministry of Mines.

During the meeting, the main minerals that India imports were discussed—among them coal, copper, phosphorus, and magnesium—and the need to diversify suppliers was emphasized, seeking markets where it can access essential minerals that it doesn't produce locally, such as lithium, which is key to its national security.

As a result, it was agreed to form two working subgroups: one focused on cooperation in exploration and another on investments. It was also decided that the second meeting of the Working Group will be held in the first quarter of 2026, in New Delhi.

It is worth mentioning that Milei and Modi also recently met at the G7 Summit, which the Argentine president attended as a special guest of the President of the Council of Ministers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni.