President Javier Milei met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, in what was their first face-to-face meeting. Milei, 53, published a photograph of the encounter on his social media accounts showing the two leaders shaking heads.

China’s economy is obviously the second biggest in the world … I will be having serious pragmatic discussions with the president when I meet him.’