The chancellor Pablo Quirno assured this Wednesday that the Brazilian Government's decision to reduce the level of diplomatic representation between the two countries was a "unilateral" measure and reaffirmed that the administration of Javier Milei will not respond with a similar escalation to preserve the bilateral relationship.
During an official statement, the official explained that the Brazilian Foreign Ministry summoned the Argentine ambassador in Brazil to inform him that the relationship between the two countries will move to the level of chargé d'affaires and requested the withdrawal of the Argentine diplomatic representative.
"Brazil has every right to decide what it has decided. We understand that there is another way to preserve relations between our countries," Quirno stated.
The Government rejected deepening the diplomatic conflict
The chancellor emphasized that, despite the political and ideological differences that exist between both governments, Argentina has systematically chosen not to transfer them to the diplomatic level.
"Argentina has decided, in the face of each of these episodes, not to take this to a diplomatic distance," he affirmed.
In this regard, he stated that in recent years there have been numerous cross statements between officials of both countries, but assured that the Milei administration never responded in a way that affected the institutional relationship.
As he explained, it was Brazil that decided to turn those political differences into a diplomatic issue.