Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Argentina is a boost to the growing bilateral. Modi and Argentinian President Javier Milei are committed to their countries’ economic and political advancement, and see trade with each other as key. Argentina being in the lithium triangle gives India access to critical minerals.

Javier Milei defied expectations when he won the Presidential election in Argentina earlier this month. The public are looking for early and rapid results that will bring the economy back on a steady keel, even through radical reform. But sectors of the entitled old guard have already announced it will oppose any change in the status quo.