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His foreign minister Diana Mondino will also meet Cameron, as
well as the foreign ministers of the Netherlands, the Czech
Republic and Lithuania and the Swiss secretary for economic
affairs, according to her agenda.
The trip marks the right-wing Milei's first overseas tour since
he took office last month following a rapid ascent for the
relative political newcomer, who made his name as an
acid-tongued economist and television pundit.
Argentina and the Britain have a longstanding foreign policy
conflict over the sovereignty of the British-run Falkland
Islands, where they fought a brief war in 1982.
Argentina has long sought to restore negotiations over Falklands
sovereignty, but Britain has said that was not on the table for
as long as the island's inhabitants wanted to remain British.
His meeting with the IMF follows an agreement reached last week
with IMF staff over the latest review of the country's troubled
$44 billion loan program, unlocking a more-than-expected $4.7
billion, after the previous government missed various economic
targets linked to the funding.
En route to Switzerland by commercial jet, the self-described "anarcho-capitalist"
said he was attending the forum to "plant the idea of freedom in
a forum contaminated by the 2030 socialist agenda".
(Reporting by Victoria Waldersee in Davos, Adam Jourdan in
Buenos Aires; Editing by Alex Richardson)
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