Argentine President Javier Milei will meet Pope Leo XIV for the first time in the Vatican on June 7, during a ten-day trip to Europe and Israel starting next Thursday. He will also meet with other world leaders.

Earlier this month, days after the death of Pope Francis, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was announced as the new leader of the Catholic Church, the first U.S.-born pontiff in history. The pope, a moderate progressive close to his predecessor, has expressed views opposing those of Milei on the Israel-Gaza conflict and migration, among others.

Milei is set to fly to Rome on Thursday, where he will attend the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Argentine state-owned energy company YPF and Italian multinational Eni. Eni will study the development of a phase of the Argentina LNG project, covering gas production in Vaca Muerta, transportation, liquefaction, and export.

President Milei will have a private lunch with his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni. Both are far-right leaders and they have met multiple times before.

Milei will meet People Leo XIV on Saturday morning, before flying to Madrid at 1 p.m. Argentine time. He is not scheduled to meet any Spanish government representatives. Last year, Milei accused Spain’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s wife of being corrupt, prompting the countries to recall their ambassadors, and later accused Sánchez of using the state’s power to “trample on the Spanish people.” 

The countries appointed new ambassadors earlier this month.

Instead, Milei will participate in the Madrid Economic Forum and then depart for Nice, France. On Monday, he will meet with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron.

That day, Milei will depart on a flight to Tel Aviv, Israel. In two separate meetings scheduled for Tuesday 10, Milei will meet Israel’s president and prime minister, Isaac Herzog and Benjamin Netanyahu. He will then visit the Wailing Wall. 

Milei has sided with Netanyahu in Israel’s ongoing attack on the Gaza Strip, which to date has killed more than 50,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The attack followed Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, when the Palestinian militant group killed 1,200 and kidnapped 251 others.

On Wednesday 11, Milei will visit the Holy Sepulcher, meet relatives of people kidnapped by Hamas, and be given the official medal for the Genesis Prize, commonly referred to as the Jewish Nobel Prize. Israel granted him the award in January for his unwavering support of Israel during the conflict in Gaza. 

On Thursday 12, he will sign a “Memorandum of Understanding for Democracy and Freedom” with his Israeli counterpart and announce the start of direct flights between Buenos Aires and Tel Aviv. Then, he will visit the Wailing Wall once more with the Israeli Prime Minister, before returning to Madrid for three days to receive an award and meet with businesspeople.

He is set to return to Argentina on Saturday, June 14.