Giorgia Meloni’s government has conferred Italian citizenship on Javier Milei in a sign of the growing rapport between the two hard-Right leaders.

Argentine President Javier Milei has been granted Italian citizenship by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni while on a visit to Rome, the ANSA news agency reported. Meloni received the ultra-liberal Argentine president in Rome's Palazzo Chigi Friday evening,

Rome is set to grant Italian citizenship to Argentina’s President Javier Milei, local media has reported, citing government sources. Milei, who is visiting Italy on Friday to meet with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, will be granted citizenship through the right of descent, as Milei had Italian grandparents, Il Post reported.

Javier Milei is proud of his Italian ancestry and has tried to bolster ties with Italy’s conservative prime minister. But his new passport angered critics of Italy’s rules on citizenship.

Italy has bestowed Italian citizenship on Argentine President Javier Milei. Milei is eligible for citizenship because of his Italian ancestors, but the news sparked a furor among opposition politicians campaigning for the process to be eased for children born in Italy to migrant parents.

Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei was informed on Friday during his ongoing visit to Italy that the procedure for him to obtain Italian citizenship has been successfully completed, sources said.