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cailianshe news, september 25 (editor: bian chun)after meeting with argentine president javier milley, tesla and spacex ceo elon musk said,his company is looking to invest in argentina。

musk made the comments in response to a post on the social media platform x. milley, who is in new york for the united nations general assembly, met with musk on monday in new york, the third time the two have met since milley took office in december.

after the meeting on monday, milley spokesman manuel adoni said the two discussed various topics, including tax incentives, efforts to promote investment in argentina and argentina's path back to normalcy.

it is not difficult to see from the photos released after the meeting that the meeting was very pleasant, and milley, musk and several other officials all gave thumbs up.

the video of the meeting between millais and musk was widely shared and discussed online, with some social media users suggesting that argentina was a better country than other south american countries. musk responded to one of the posts, saying his company was actually looking for ways to support argentina.

"my company is actively looking for ways to invest and support argentina," musk wrote in his response.

on the one hand,musk is interested in argentina's rich lithium resourcesargentina is the world's fourth-largest producer of lithium, a key ingredient in electric vehicle batteries.

on the other hand,musk admires milley's liberal stylehe was critical of millay's liberal politics and hisprivate enterprisei admire your full support.

milley and musk hit it off, which was evident during their recent meeting, where the atmosphere seemed lighthearted and milley smiled when musk pointed to milley's "make america great again" hat.

in april, milley visited tesla's headquarters in austin, texas. after the meeting, a milley spokesperson noted that musk and milley agreed on "the need for free markets, the ideals of defending freedom," and the importance of removing bureaucratic barriers to business.

musk and milley had a conversation during the 27th milken institute global annual conference in may this year. at that time, musk seemed very supportive of milley, and he pointed out on x: "i suggest investing in argentina."

musk's companies also include brain chip startup neuralink and artificial intelligence company xai. according to the bloomberg billionaires index, musk's current net worth is about $268 billion, ranking first on the world's richest list.