The plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Buenos Aires to attend the inauguration of President-elect Javier Milei made a stop in Brazil on Saturday evening. Local media reported this, saying the plane landed at the Brazilian Air Force base in Brasilia at 8:15 p.m. (local time).
The stop was classified as “technical” and was due to the need to refuel the plane, which took off again towards the Argentine capital at 10:15 p.m.
The plane had departed from Cape Verde, where Zelensky met Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva.
Milei settlement, security increased for Zelensky's arrival
At least 7,000 men, including presidential guards, agents and special forces members, will be deployed to ensure the security of Argentina's elected President Javier Milei and international delegations arriving in Buenos Aires for the inauguration ceremony.
Preventive measures have been further strengthened in recent hours with the confirmation of the arrival of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which was expected in the early hours of today.
Avenida de Mayo, the approximately 1.5-kilometer stretch that connects the Palace of Congress, where Milei will take his oath, and the Government Palace (Casa Rosada), where he will greet foreign delegations, has been completely cordoned off and closed to traffic .
There will be 7,000 agents stationed along the route, under constant surveillance by snipers, drones and helicopters.
The Lockheed Martin A-4AR Fightinghawk fighters and combat-capable IA-63 Pampa trainers delivered to the Argentine Air Force are also kept on alert and ready to take off.
For Europe, apart from Zelensky, only King Felipe VI. of Spain and the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban present as heads of state and government. Italy will be present with the Minister of University and Research, Anna Maria Bernini, while France has sent the Minister of Transformation, Stanislas Guerini, and the United Kingdom has sent the Minister for the Americas and Overseas Territories, David Rutley.
53-year-old ultra-liberal Javier Milei becomes Argentina's tenth president since the return of democracy in 1983.
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