Argentina rejects parts of a draft final G20 summit declaration but will not stand in the way of it being signed and adopted, President Javier Milei’s office said on Monday.
In a statement voicing fierce criticism of the G20 and other multilateral organisations, Milei’s office indicated its dissent with declarations drawn up by world goverrnments, including he regulation of social media content, the reform of global bodies and "especially the idea" of stepped-up state intervention to combat hunger.
Milei’s government said it signed the presidential declaration while “partially dissociating itself from all the content linked to” the United Nations “2030 Agenda” of sustainable development goals.
"Without blocking the declaration of the other leaders, President Javier Milei has made clear... he will not give support to several points in the declaration," read the statement.
“International organisations and forums such as the G20 were created in the spirit that all the nations involved could come together to cooperate voluntarily, as equals and autonomously, to, among other things, safeguard the basic rights of people,” it continues.
“However, today, almost 70 years after the inauguration of this system of international cooperation, the time has come to recognise that this model is in crisis, because it has long been at odds with its original purpose,” it added.
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