Brazil has confirmed that its ambassador to Argentina, Julio Glinternick Bitelli, will return to Buenos Aires after being recalled for consultations, though no date has been set — marking the first sign of easing in what officials describe as the most serious diplomatic crisis between the two neighbours in decades. The dispute was triggered on 25 July when Argentine President Javier Milei, speaking at a Brazilian opposition party convention in São Paulo, publicly endorsed a presidential candidate, called President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva a convict, and insulted a sitting Supreme Court justice — remarks Brazil's Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) condemned as unprecedented. A conciliatory signal from Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno, who ruled out any break in relations and expressed high regard for Bitelli, has been read in Brasília as separating the two presidents' personal animosity from the broader state-to-state relationship, though Brazilian officials say the ambassador's return will depend on how the bilateral climate evolves.