Argentine President Javier Milei and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez exchanged a brief, visibly distant greeting during the Ibero-American Summit in Madrid on November 5.

Video footage shows Milei warmly shaking hands with Spain's King Felipe VI before exchanging a much shorter greeting with Sánchez.

The encounter came amid longstanding political tensions between the two leaders, just two weeks after Milei publicly described Sánchez as an “unpresentable dictator.”

Their relationship has been strained by repeated public disagreements, including a diplomatic dispute in 2024.

The awkward exchange drew attention during the summit, which brought together leaders from Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries to discuss regional cooperation.