Argentina’s president-elect, controversial ultraliberal Javier Millay, met on Tuesday with close advisers to US President Joe Biden, the office of the next Argentine head of state said, AFP and Agerpres reported.

The far-right economist Javier Miley won a landslide victory on November 19, ushering in a period of uncertainty for Latin America’s third-largest economy, which is mired in deep crisis and to which he promises shock therapy.

Javier Millay informed the White House of his “geopolitical position related to the West and the defense of the values ​​of freedom,” his office wrote on the social network X (formerly Twitter).

The future president, whose inauguration is scheduled for December 10, spoke, in particular, with national security adviser Jake Sullivan and representatives of Latin America in the White House, Juan Gonzalez, and in the State Department, Brian Nichols.

Jake Sullivan and Javier Millay discussed “the importance of continuing to build a strong relationship between the United States and Argentina on economic issues and shared priorities,” the White House said in a statement, referring in particular to technology, green energy and human rights.

On the second day of Javier Mila’s visit to the United States, Joe Biden was in Atlanta to attend the funeral of the former first lady of the United States, Rosalynn Carter, who died a week ago.

Javier Miley named the United States and Israel as priority “allies” of his future government and promised during his campaign to distance himself from China, Washington’s arch-rival.

The meeting with former Republican President Donald Trump, to whom he is often compared, was not reported.

Javier Miley left the White House to head to the airport without meeting International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director General Kristalina Georgieva, with whom he spoke via video conference on Friday.

However, his close aides stayed behind for a technical meeting at the IMF, to which Argentina is trying to repay a whopping $44 billion loan taken out in 2018 due to record low foreign exchange reserves.

“They discussed the complex challenges facing the country,” IMF sources told the press on condition of anonymity, promising to “continue close cooperation in the future.”

Facing severe economic difficulties, Argentina suffers from inflation that reaches more than 140% per year and 40% of its population lives in poverty.