President Gabriel Boric held a bilateral meeting with his Bolivian counterpart, Luis Arce. In the instance, it was confirmed that both countries will reactivate the Road Map and joint work will begin to analyze the migratory and economic situation.
This Sunday, President Gabriel Boric is in Colombia for the presidential change of command ceremony. In the instance, the president took the opportunity to meet with his counterpart from Bolivia, Luis Arce.
Thus, Boric arrived at the Hilton Hotel in Bogotá to hold a bilateral meeting with Arce, following 10 in the morning.
In the instance, it was established to reactivate the Roadmap signed in La Paz. Both countries have not maintained diplomatic relations since 1978, so until now they only have consular relations.
According to Foreign Minister Antonia Urrejola, one of the issues to be addressed in the 14-point Roadmap is organized crime and the migratory situation.
“The important thing is that we set that meeting to start talking,” declared the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In addition, she assured that it is not yet in the folder that President Boric visit La Paz.
According to Urrejola, in the coming weeks a working table should be established to plan a solution to the migration problem, not only bilaterally, but also multilaterally.
In addition, he indicated that within the conversation talks were also established to jointly work on the lithium resource, something that has also been discussed with Argentina.
Finally, he referred to the situation of the exit from the sea to Bolivia, where he declared that Chile’s position is maintained and it was not something that was discussed in the meeting held during this day.
48 years without diplomatic relations
At the end of July, Foreign Minister Urrejola held an appointment with her Bolivian counterpart in Paraguay on the occasion of the LX Summit of the Leaders of the States Parties and Associated States of Mercosur, the need to initiate a new stage in the negotiations was addressed. between both countries.
It should be remembered that Chile and Bolivia have not had diplomatic relations since 1978, so to date they only maintain consular relations.
In this sense, both countries agreed to reactivate the Road Map agreed upon last year in La Paz. They also hope to resume talks on economic complementation.
Finally, both Secretaries of State stressed the importance of deepening dialogue in areas of mutual interest.
