Boric said after the meeting that "our objective is to deepen the alliance between Mexico and Chile". |
Mexico City, November 24 (RHC)-- The president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, held a meeting with his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, on Wednesday, during which they agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the economic, educational and environmental fields.
In a press conference after the meeting, the Chilean president said that "our objective is to deepen the alliance between Mexico and Chile" in the framework of his first official visit to that nation, which will last until tomorrow, Friday. The South American head of state posted on his Twitter account: "Today we take another step to strengthen Latin American integration with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador".
Boric said: "We will continue to move forward in building fairer, more egalitarian and inclusive societies, taking charge of the challenges of the present and prioritizing the welfare of our peoples."
Both presidents agreed to update the bilateral economic cooperation agreement, which has not been renewed for more than seven years, through a series of joint actions in favor of multilateralism in the regional context. Similarly, the Chilean leader pointed out that progress was made in the areas of international, educational, cultural and environmental cooperation.
He also invited his Mexican counterpart to Chile to participate in the commemorative act next year for the 50th anniversary of the coup d'état perpetrated by General Augusto Pinochet with the support of the United States in 1973.
The Chilean president alos affirmed that he will mediate to reach an agreement with the Peruvian government after the refusal of the Peruvian Congress to authorize President Pedro Castillo to participate in the Pacific Alliance summit, to be held in Mexico. "What we agreed, to be clear, is that President Castillo will be in Chile next week and there we will have a conversation about how to resume and what are the conditions to be able to resume the Pacific Alliance," said Boric.
