The President-elect of Chile, Gabriel Boric, said this Monday that in matters of foreign policy his future government, which takes office on March 11, 2022, prioritize the relationship with the Pacific Alliance, which the country integrates together with Colombia, Mexico and Peru.
“We are going to give priority to the Pacific Alliance in the future. I have already spoken with several of the presidents, in particular with Andrés Manuel López Obrador from Mexico, with President Duque, from Colombia, and we have also been in contact with the Foreign Ministry of Peru, “he said.
Born by initiative of former Peruvian president Alan García (2006-11), the Pacific Alliance was formally sealed in June 2012.
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Boric, elected president on December 19 with 55.8% of the votes against the far-right José Antonio Kast (44.1%), pointed out however that declined the invitation of President Sebastián Piñera to accompany him on a trip to Colombia at the end of January for the summits of the Pacific Alliance and Forum for the Progress of South America (Prosur).
Prosur is composed of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay and Peru. It was created in March 2019 in Santiago.
“It seems to us that our priorities today are in the formation of teams here in Chile“said the president-elect, who has yet to create his cabinet and fine-tune the change of command. He added that he previously spoke with Piñera about his decision so that it was not understood as “a snub of the State.”
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“Regarding Prosur, it seems to us that it is an agenda of President Piñera’s own, which is in their legitimate right, “said Boric, who added that when he assumes he will develop an agenda based on collaboration perspectives according to the regional and global “tremendous challenges”.
Among them he highlighted the pandemic of the coronavirus, -which in Chile leaves 1.8 million cases and 39,000 deaths-, the climate crisis, migratory crises, economic cooperation and the strengthening of democracy.
