The president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, flew to Colombia this Saturday to attend the investiture of leftist Gustavo Petro on Sunday and will be the first president with whom he holds a bilateral meeting, according to official sources.
The president of the Republic, Gabriel Boric, He arrived at the Catam military airport in Bogotá, Colombia, after a 6-hour trip to be part of the presidential inauguration of the leftist Gustav Petro.
This Sunday the transmission of the presidential command will take place, in which Boric will participate, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonia Urrejola, in addition to her partner and sociocultural director of La Moneda, Irina Karamanos.
Upon the arrival of the national authority, he was received with honors by the Chilean ambassador in Colombia, Richard Hernandez, In addition to the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Francisco Echevarri.
Notably this Sunday In addition, a meeting will be held between President Gabriel Boric and the president of Bolivia, Louis Arce.
“It is an honor to be with you and accompany the Colombian people in this change of government, which from our country we see with great hope”, said Boric.
“We see it with a spirit of collaboration and integration, since we know that only united in Latin America can we move forward as a region”, he added.
Meetings of Gabriel Boric in Colombia
The event, which will take place in the Plaza de Bolívar, in the center of Bogotá, will be attended by nearly 11 heads of delegation.
Among them is the King Felipe VI of Spain and the leaders of Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Paraguay, Curaçao, Panama, Honduras, Costa Rica and Argentina.
Subsequently, the delegations will move to the Narino Palace (seat of the Government) to participate in a reception and the official greeting to Petro.
The new president in Colombia made history last June by becoming the first leftist to win the Presidency in this country.
On Monday, also in the House of Nariño, Boric will hold the first bilateral meeting with Petro, with whom he has shown political affinity and whom he supported throughout his campaign.