The minister considers the “story” over and opts to change “their third” and talk about “other things”
MADRID, 7 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, assured this Tuesday that if he had known the impact his words had on the president of Argentina, Javier Milei, he would not have said them, while at the same time he has considered the matter settled and has opted for a change of direction.
“I said what I said, in the context in which I said it,” he admitted at the press conference at the end of the Council of Ministers, ensuring that if he had had “the slightest notion” of the “dissemination and impact” that his words I would not have uttered.
The minister recalled that his words implying that the president of Argentina consumed “substances” occurred within the framework of an event at the University of Salamanca before an audience of 200 people.
“I said what I said, I was not aware of the repercussion it was going to have, if I had had it I would not have said it,” he reiterated, admitting that perhaps his “big mistake” is not having thought that this could happen and emphasizing that They have not transcended the part of his speech in which he praised the communication
However, he considered that “there has been a lot of overreaction on this issue.” “There has been tremendous concern about the relations between Spain and Argentina”, which are good since there are many shared ties, he has assessed.
Thus, he has been “sure that regardless of the vicissitudes that the relations between the two governments go through, which will sometimes be better, other times worse, they will continue to be good, positive relations, of collaboration, of cooperation.” “since both countries are interested and in their interest in having good relations.
Beyond this, he did not want to evaluate the critical statement issued by the Argentine Presidency in response to his words, referring to the one published in turn by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and he highlighted that the Argentine Government itself already agreed yesterday “overcome the incident.”
“The story is over now, current political events have enough incentives for us all to change course and talk about other things,” he concluded.
