This Monday the President of the Republic, Gabriel Boric Font, held a bilateral meeting with the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, in La Moneda
A side-by-side meeting The presidents of Chile and Colombia held this event in La Moneda. The leaders Gabriel Boric y Gustavo Petro They met for about an hour, together with the delegations of both countries.
After the instance, both state leaders made a joint statement, where they detailed the signing of agreements between both nations.
“Chile and Colombia this year celebrate 200 years of diplomatic relations. 200 years working together to ensure the safety and well-being of our compatriots, where we have tremendous challenges in common”, said President Boric.
“We have invited President Petro to make this state visit with the aim of continuing to work on a roadmap of concrete commitments that bring well-being to our peoples and our region,” he added.
in the middle of his address, the President of Chile referred to the events that occurred last Sunday in Brasilia. “I think it is necessary to refer very firmly to the serious events that occurred in Brazil. These actions are unacceptable and cannot be relativized or ignored.“, held.
President Petro closed speech on the verge of tears
Along these lines, the Colombian president made a comparison between what happened in Brazil with the assault on the Capitol in the United States, considering it a “danger for the Pact of the Americas. They are extreme right-wing coups that do not want democracy”.
“Today some would also like bombs to fall here -in La Moneda- (…) The path of Latin America is irreversibly democratic. Young people are not going to let peace be taken away from their existence. That is why we must focus on what happened in Brazil; That is why we must announce that history cannot be repeated again,” Petro said.
“We are a beacon that shines today and possibly of the future. The democratic pact has to be reestablished in this territory (…) that no one should die for what they think“he added.
Likewise, President Petro quoted Salvador Allende on several occasions and on the verge of tears, he closed his speech alluding to the Bolivarian pactfor what “the generations of a hundred years of solitude are perpetuated“.
“Today they would like to bombard dreams again. 50 years ago they decided to blind the word peace, democracy and illusion (…) This place -La Moneda- has a certain energetic force ”, she closed.
Agreements between both countries
President Gabriel Boric explained that both nations adopted renewable energy development commitments in the green hydrogen matrices.
He also said that scientific cooperation in the Antarctic program will be strengthened.
Another agreed milestone will be satellite collaboration in matters of territorial and environmental security.
“I want to give President Petro my full support for the total peace process,” Boric closed.