This week it was announced about the construction of part of a Argentine military base in Chilean territory. This is an installation in Magellan’s Milestone 1where the border of both countries is located, which extends three meters into Chile.
Given this, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alberto Van Klaverenstated that it was a “good faith error” and that will be resolved shortly.
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In this context, various opposition parliamentarians made a called on the Government to take strong measures in this regard, in order to protect national sovereignty.
The opposition calls on the Government to protect national sovereignty
In that sense, the representative Camila Floresa member of the Defense Commission, expressed his concern about the government’s lack of action in the face of this serious situation. “It is worrying that our government gives so little importance and I take this situation so lightly that it is completely serious because we have a country that is invading sovereignty and national territory,” said the National Renewal parliamentarian.
“We need concrete actions so that any country knows that Chile is going to protect and take care of its territory.”which is not going to allow anyone to intervene with respect to our national sovereignty, much less build military installations, the objective of which we do not know,” added the deputy.
On the other hand, the deputy Stephan Schuberthe indicated that “we officiate to the Chancellerywe point out that the Foreign Ministry should make the claim and request that this work be destroyed through the relevant channels.”
Along these lines, the parliamentarian expressed that “It is regrettable that this impasse occurs, Argentina could have foreseen it simply building notoriously within its border limit, but we hope that it has a friendly resolution with this neighboring country and that the Foreign Ministry also acts in a timely manner regarding this situation.”
Finally, the representative of National Renewal, Catalina del Real, pointed out that “These borderline errors cannot be allowed to pass because they set a precedent and generate conflicts. The good relationship between neighboring countries, specifically with Argentina, is something that both countries must take care of so that there continues to be collaboration, commitment and respect, vital elements for a good bilateral relationship.”
