The elected president of Argentina, Javier Milei, will travel this Sunday night to New York, where he will visit the tomb of a rabbi, and will then travel to Washington, to have a series of meetings there, confirmed sources from the future Government.

“First he goes to the Ohel, in New York, to give thanks for the place that Hashem (Hebrew term for the name of God) has given him.. Then he goes to Washington to hold work meetings,” indicated the sources consulted.

Located within the Montefiore Cemetery, in the New York neighborhood of Queens, the Ohel is a structure that protects the tomb of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), known as the Lubavitch rebbe, and is a pilgrimage site for Jews Hasidic (Orthodox).

Milei, leader of the far-right party La Libertad Avanza, had already visited Ohel last July, before the August primary elections in Argentina.

Days ago, in an interview after his victory last Sunday in the presidential second round, Milei had already anticipated that he planned to return to Ohel these days to “give thanks for this mission” that will begin on December 10, when he takes office. Argentine Presidency.

Milei has recognized himself as Catholic, but he also said a few years ago that he was thinking of converting to Judaism.. He receives instruction in the Jewish sacred books and this Saturday he attended a Jewish ceremony in Buenos Aires where he received a blessing from a rabbi.

After passing through New York, Milei will travel to Washington to hold a series of meetings, an agenda about which no further details are known.

According to local media, the president-elect will travel to the United States with his chief of staff, Nicolás Posse, and Luis Caputo, designated as a possible Minister of Economy of the new Government, although the sources consulted did not confirm who will be part of the delegation. .

After last Sunday's victory, Milei held conversations with the president of the United States, Joe Biden, and with the former president of that country Donald Trump (2017-2021).

Likewise, on Friday he had a conversation with Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to which Argentina owes $46 billion.

The Washington-based organization committed in this first formal contact with the president-elect to “support efforts” to resolve Argentina's severe macroeconomic imbalances.