Friday, September 22, 2006

Bilateral Relations: Chile and Bolivia hold talks

Chilean Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley and his Bolivian counterpart David Choquehuanca, held talks on Thursday on the sidelines of the 61st United Nations General Assembly meeting.

A statement issued by Chile's Foreign Ministry, said that Foxley had said the confidence building process between the two nations "has been good in this first phase - getting to know each other better and becoming able to speak frankly about all the topics on the agenda, without formality."

The two ministers agreed to hold a second meeting, which would include the working groups, junior ministers and consuls, to asses the work that would be done in the next few months, the statement added.