THE NEWS
Chile’s President-Elect Michelle Bachelet has announced that her government will continue to maintain excellent relations with Mexico.
During a Tuesday press conference, Bachelet said that Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto called her from Turkey on Sunday night, following Chile’s runoff presidential election, congratulating her on her landslide victory.
“As I’ve always said, true friends show it in difficult moments, and Mexico with Chile, during the most difficult moments for Chile, has always been by our side, supporting us,” she said.
Bachelet went on to say that she will continue to support regional integration without regard to political ideology, adding that it was under her first administration (2006-10) that the Chilean government announced its support for the Arco del Pacifico, a proposed commercial agreement that would encompass Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile.
“One key to international politics that will continue to be of great importance will be regional integration and without doubt a global perspective and a focus on the Pacific,” she said, adding that her administration “will continue supporting all types of initiatives that allow us to expand and deepen regional integration and we will therefore continue supporting any initiatives where Chile is involved, provided that it does not have an exclusionary character.”
No comments:
Post a Comment