PM Modi holds talks with President Milei in Buenos Aires; first bilateral PM visit to Argentina in 57 years
On 5 July 2025 in Buenos Aires, PM Narendra Modi held talks with Argentine President Javier Milei at Casa Rosada on the first bilateral visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Argentina in 57 years, and received the Key to the City of Buenos Aires.
Summary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Argentine President Javier Milei at Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires, on 5 July 2025, in what the PMO called the first bilateral visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Argentina after a gap of 57 years, in the year the two countries mark 75 years of diplomatic ties. The leaders called for closer cooperation in critical minerals, oil and gas, defence, nuclear energy, agriculture, digital public infrastructure, UPI, space, railways and pharma, and discussed expansion of the India-MERCOSUR Preferential Trade Agreement. Modi thanked Milei for Argentina's strong condemnation of the Pahalgam terror attack. During the visit, Modi received the Key to the City of Buenos Aires from Jorge Macri, Chief of the City Government, paid homage to General José de San Martín, and offered floral tributes at the busts of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore.
Key facts
- Talks
- PM Modi–President Javier Milei, Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires, 5 July 2025
- Significance
- First bilateral visit by an Indian PM to Argentina in 57 years; 75 years of diplomatic ties
- Trade
- Expansion of India-MERCOSUR Preferential Trade Agreement discussed
- City honour
- Key to the City of Buenos Aires, from Jorge Macri (Chief of City Government)
- Tributes
- General José de San Martín; busts of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore
Practice MCQs 5 questions
PM Modi's visit to Argentina in July 2025 was the first bilateral visit by an Indian Prime Minister to that country after a gap of how many years?
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Correct answer: A — 57 years
PMO: the visit was the first bilateral visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Argentina after a gap of 57 years.
India and Argentina were marking how many years of diplomatic ties in 2025, according to the PMO?
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Correct answer: C — 75 years
PMO: this is a seminal year as the two countries celebrate 75 years of the establishment of diplomatic ties.
Who presented PM Modi with the Key to the City of Buenos Aires on 5 July 2025?
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Correct answer: B — Jorge Macri, Chief of the City Government of Buenos Aires
PMO: PM was conferred with the Key to the City of Buenos Aires by Mr Jorge Macri, Chief of the City Government of Buenos Aires.
During the Modi–Milei talks of July 2025, the expansion of which trade agreement was discussed?
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Correct answer: D — India-MERCOSUR Preferential Trade Agreement
PMO: they also discussed expansion of the India-MERCOSUR Preferential Trade Agreement.
Consider the following about PM Modi's programme in Buenos Aires (July 2025): 1. He met President Milei at Casa Rosada. 2. He paid homage to General José de San Martín. 3. He paid floral tribute at the busts of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: D — 1, 2 and 3
All three are stated by the PMO in its releases on the Buenos Aires visit.