President Piñera confirms the summits of Alianza del Pacífico and Prosur in Santiago for December



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The accomplishment in Santiago of the summits of the Pacific Alliance and Prosur was what confirmed this afternoon the President Sebastián Piñera. The President broke the news with his pair of Colombia, Iván Duque in Cerro Castillo, Viña del Mar.

The Colombian president arrived in the country after having participated in the change of command in La Paz, an event attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrés Allamand, on behalf of Piñera.

The Presidency had announced the meeting this Friday through a statement. In it, it was reported that the central issues that will be addressed on this day are the regional efforts against the coronavirus pandemic, in addition to the deepening of integration and collaboration in Prosur and the Pacific Alliance.

In both, Chile currently holds the pro tempore presidency, therefore, the idea is that at the appointment both positions are assumed by Colombia.

President Piñera presented the points discussed during the bicameral meeting: “We have reviewed the entire bilateral agenda. We have focused on the central aspects: the collaboration we have achieved in the context of Prosur and directly with Colombia to face the coronavirus pandemic. Collaboration on Secure Borders and Migration. and Collaboration in terms of the recovery of employment and our economies has been a sample of that spirit, and that is the spirit of Prosur ”.

Duque thanked the meeting and highlighted what for him was the important advance in environmental policies of both countries, Chile highlighting the protection of the oceans.

He also pointed out that “the challenge we have today is safe (economic) reactivation.”

The US elections were inevitable, they both wished the best for Joe Biden, the president-elect. Piñera added that he has the “total and absolute will to strengthen ties between the United States and Chile.”

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