Through a statement released on social networks, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated after President Gabriel Boric decided not to accept Ambassador Gil Artzyeli in La Moneda; place where the diplomat had been summoned to deliver his credential letters to the head of state.
“Israel considers Chile’s disconcerting and unprecedented behavior to be extremely serious. The fact seriously affects relations between countries,” said the official Twitter account of the State of Israel in Spanish, in a statement also shared by the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs. of Israel, Emmanuel Nahshon.
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Given this, the Israeli government confirmed that the Chilean ambassador to Israel was summoned for Sunday by the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to “hold a conversation in which the reaction of Israel will be made clear to the ambassador.” .
The Chilean ambassador to Israel, Jorge Carvajal, had already received a complaint from the government shortly after the serious diplomatic incident occurred. Carvajal received a call from the Foreign Ministry, when he was in a wedding (Thursday night, Israel time).
Chile has a series of agreements with Israel, including nine signed during a visit by former President Piñera to that country in 2019. These could be at risk after the controversy, according to sources linked to Israel, despite the fact that Ambassador Gil Artzyeli accepted the Government’s apologies.
