Former President Donald Trump has told Argentinaā€™s President-elect Javier Milei that he plans to travel to the South American country so the two can meet, Mileiā€™s office said Thursday.

The office did not give a date for when Trump intends to be in Buenos Aires. The inauguration of Milei, a right-wing populist who has expressed admiration for Trump, is scheduled for Dec. 10.

ā€œThe president-elect received a call last night from the former president of the United States, Donald Trump, who congratulated him and pointed out his triumph by a wide margin in last Sundayā€™s election had a great impact on a global scale,ā€ a news release from Mileiā€™s office said.

A local journalist who was first to report the news, Luis Majul, wrote on X early Thursday that the lawmaker son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Eduardo Bolsonaro, was the one who ā€œfacilitatedā€ the contact between Milei and the GOP front-runner. ā€œThatā€™s right,ā€ Milei posted in response.

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        They werenā€™t intentionally seized. They were seized because classified documents were mixed in with his passports and other stuff. When they raid a facility, they donā€™t have time to sort through everything there so they will often grab everything. Then a team sorts through it and returns anything that isnā€™t part of the case.

        Now, if a judge rules that Trump is a flight risk, they can seize his passports for real this time. Until then, though, Trump retains the ability to travel outside the country.