President Javier Milei will depart this Monday for Oslo to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. His schedule includes meetings with King Harald V and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, before returning on Thursday for extraordinary sessions in Congress. The trip occurs amid diplomatic tensions with Venezuela.
President Javier Milei will undertake a short trip to Oslo, Norway, to accompany Venezuelan leader María Corina Machado at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony, scheduled for Wednesday, December 10, at 9:00 a.m. in Oslo City Hall. Milei departs this Monday at 8:00 p.m. from Argentina, arriving Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. Argentina time. His return is set for Wednesday at 4:00 p.m., landing in Buenos Aires on Thursday at 9:30 a.m., to be present for the start of Congress's extraordinary sessions debating the 2026 Budget and labor, tax, and pension reform packages.
The Oslo agenda is tight: besides the ceremony, Milei will meet King Harald V at 11:30 a.m. and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre at 1:10 p.m., marking his first formal encounter with the latter. He will be mainly accompanied by his sister Karina Milei. Machado was awarded the Nobel in October for her work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela and striving for a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy. Attendees will also include Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, whom Milei met in January, and presidents such as Paraguay's Santiago Peña, Ecuador's Daniel Noboa, and Panama's José Raúl Mulino.
From the Argentine Government, Press Undersecretary Javier Lanari emphasized: “Argentina is on the right side of history. In favor of peace and freedom.” This trip strengthens the bond between Milei and Machado, who spoke by phone before Venezuela's elections, where the president reaffirmed support for democratic values.
The journey occurs amid tensions with Venezuela, heightened by the December 8, 2024, detention of Argentine gendarme Nahuel Gallo on espionage charges, sparking a diplomatic clash. Security Minister Patricia Bullrich stated that Gallo's repatriation is an “active commitment.” Argentina recently filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court over Venezuela's institutional deterioration, met with accusations of hypocrisy from Caracas. Additionally, the United States has toughened its stance, closing Venezuelan airspace and warning of potential military actions.