President Javier Milei met in New York with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during the United Nations General Assembly. The meeting served to ratify the close alliance between Argentina and the United States and to advance a common agenda related to security, energy, critical minerals, and agricultural production.
“I am pleased to see the president of Argentina. Our bilateral relationship is strong, and our hemisphere is safer thanks to our close cooperation on energy, critical minerals, and agriculture,” Rubio posted after the meeting.
Also participating in the meeting were Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno and Economy Minister Luis “Toto” Caputo. According to reports, the issue of the Malvinas was also present during the conversation, although the government avoided providing details on that point.
The meeting took place on a day marked by Milei's participation alongside Donald Trump in the extraordinary session of the Shield of the Americas, an initiative promoted by the Republican administration to deepen regional cooperation against drug trafficking cartels and transnational criminal organizations.
Trump supported Milei and called for an expansion of the fight against narco-terrorism
During the session, Trump highlighted the results of the recent Argentine elections and stated: “We had a great victory in Argentina, and not so long ago, twice”.
The U.S. president also urged allied countries to formally designate narco-terrorists as common threats to stability and to adopt sanctions against foreign terrorist organizations included on Washington's list.
In this context, Argentina is analyzing the incorporation of new organizations into the Public Registry of Persons and Entities Linked to Terrorism and its Financing (RePET).
During Milei's administration, the Argentine government has already included the Tren de Aragua, the Cartel of the Suns, Los Lobos, and Los Choneros in 2025. In 2026, it also declared the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and Chone Killers as terrorists.
