Madrid has "firmly rejected baseless statements" contained in a statement from the Argentine presidency that accuses Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's government of bringing "poverty and death" to its people. Buenos Aires accused the socialist Sánchez of leading his country to doom after comments made by a Spanish minister accused Argentine liberal President Javier Milei of drug use.
In a statement from the Foreign Ministry on Saturday, it was noted: "The Spanish government categorically rejects the unfounded statements made in the declaration from the Argentine presidency," deeming them "inconsistent with the relations between the two countries and their brotherly peoples."
The Argentine presidency had characterized Sánchez as putting the middle class at risk due to his socialist policies, which supposedly lead only to poverty and death. It argued that Sánchez should address "more significant issues" such as corruption allegations against his wife, who is under investigation for abuse of power and corruption.
Buenos Aires accused the Spanish Prime Minister of "endangering national unity by entering into an agreement with separatists, which will lead Spain to ruin," referring to the political agreement of the socialist party with separatists in the Basque Country and Catalonia to form a government.
