Diplomatic rifts have been created between Spain and Argentina which are increasingly growing after and the refusal of King Felipe to meet the President of Argentina Javier Millay during the latter’s visit to Madrid today, according to reports in the Spanish media.

Despite Javier Millay requesting a meeting with Spain’s head of state, King Felipe VI, who celebrates 10 years on the Spanish throne this week, Millay was not on the royal house’s agenda.

The first cracks in the two countries’ relations began to appear when Millay began to launch constant attacks on Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his wife. At a far-right rally in Madrid last month, he called Sanchez’s wife “corrupt” and then called the Spanish prime minister himself “the embarrassment of Europe in diplomatic matters.”

The Spanish government responded by recalling its ambassador to Buenos Aires and demanding that the Argentine president issue a public apology. Spain’s foreign minister threatened to cut off diplomatic relations with Argentina altogether if he did not apologize, but Millay refused.

A palace spokesman told Spanish newspaper El País that visits by foreign leaders are coordinated with the foreign ministry. The ministry said it does not “comment on the agenda of foreign leaders”.

Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles said on Thursday that it was “reasonable that the king does not want to meet with Millay” as the Argentine president “disrespected the (prime minister) of Spain”.

“No Spaniard can accept it because (the prime minister) belongs to all Spaniards, to those who have voted for him and to those who have not voted for him,” Robles told Spanish television channel Telecinco.

King Felipe and Miley have met in the past, with the Spanish head of state attending Miley’s inauguration.

Miley travels to Madrid to receive an award from a think tank.