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The President Sebastián Piñera and his Argentine counterpart, Alberto Fernández, spoke on the phone this Monday and they agreed to “advance a joint work agenda”, beyond “any difference”, after the controversy that arose when Fernández last Friday called for unity with the Chilean opposition to “regain power.”
During the phone call, which lasted 45 minutes According to a statement from the Argentine Presidency, the leaders agreed that the impact of the coronavirus “has turned everyone around” and that they are facing “the same two adversaries: the pandemic and the recession.”
“Beyond any difference, we have to unite in these difficult times that we are going through the pandemic”, they asserted, according to those sources, and stressed that they have a “personal bond” and that both countries must unite to face the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Let’s keep our good relationship, which is essential”Piñera said.
About 45 minutes the presidents of Chile and Argentina talked today. Called to “overcome the impasse”, after the Chilean Foreign Ministry expressed surprise at the statements of Alberto Fernández in a meeting with the Chilean opposition. @Cooperative
– Valentina Godoy (@valegodoyb) April 27, 2020
The controversy arose after Friday, in a videoconference with the Puebla Group –association that brings together progressive Latin American politicians – the Argentine president called on Friday for unity by the Chilean opposition to “regain power”, which was described in the Chilean Foreign Ministry, through a statement, as “interference in affairs internal of Chile “.
The video call was organized by the Chilean founders of the Puebla Group, including the former presidential candidate. Marco Enriquez-Ominami.
“That is what Chile needs, to rejoin, to settle differences in order to regain power in favor of Chileans,” were the words of Fernández, whose vice president is former President Cristina Fernández (2007-2015) .
“In the opinion of the Government of Chile, such statements do not facilitate or contribute to continue advancing in a bilateral agenda that has been fruitful and that it has been developed under various governments in the two countries, “said the press release sent by the Chilean Ministry of Relations.
Piñera calls for “unity and collaboration” to the opposition
Piñera, during the ceremony for the Carabinero anniversary, called on the Chilean opposition to “unity, dialogue, agreements, collaboration, that is what we require today”.
“I was filled with joy to hear the words of the opposition leader of Portugal addressing the prime minister of that country, in which he said ‘we are not the opposition, we are collaboration’, adding that he wished him courage, nerves of steel and good luck Because his good luck is ‘our good luck’, and that attitude is what we also require in our country, “he urged.
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