Boric considers the relationship with Argentina a priority, despite differences with Milei

The president of Chile, Gabriel Boricsaid this Tuesday that the relationship with Argentina is “priority” and one “a matter of state”despite the “ideological differences” that exist between your Government and the elected president in the neighboring country, Javier Milei.

“The Chilean people and the Argentine people are brother people, therefore my duty as President of the Republic is that, regardless of the political differences that undoubtedly exist between the elected president (in Argentina) and the current Government in Chile “, our people and our countries have high-minded State relations,” Boric indicated in an official event.

The progressive president, who said he hopes to speak this Tuesday with Mileiassured that the integration between Chile and Argentina is “absolutely necessary” and that the “To defend” until he leaves office.

“I have to represent the State of Chili in its historical continuity and Argentina is a priority country in our relations and I am going to fulfill that duty in all the diplomatic dimensions that exist,” added Boric, who has yet to name a new ambassador in Argentina after the departure of the communist Bárbara Figueroa last September.

“I appoint the ambassador, not the other side, and we are going to do that based on the joint interests of Chile and Argentina,” he pointed out.

with a speech “anti-caste” and radical proposals such as dollarization and the closure of the Argentine Central Bank, the leader of La Libertad Avanza (ultra-right) swept this Sunday with 55.69% of the votes to the official candidate (Peronism), the current Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, who he obtained 44.3%.

Milei has attacked several times in recent times against Boricwho do I call “impoverishing” and whose coming to power he said was “the beginning of the decline of Chile.”

In an institutional message – unlike other leftist leaders in the region such as the Mexican Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the Colombian Gustavo Petro-, Boric greeted Milei on Sunday on the social networkthe best to the Argentine people”: “Know that you will always have our respect and support.”public.

The former student leader has not yet confirmed whether he will attend the far-right inauguration on December 10, although the Government spokesperson, Camila Vallejo, did not rule it out on Monday.

“It depends a lot on the presidential agenda,” the spokesperson said in a statement in La Moneda, headquarters of the Government.