Argentina, Chile seek to boost ties

BUENOS AIRES: Chilean President Gabriel Boric, making his first trip abroad since taking power last month, and Argentina President Alberto Fernandez vowed on Monday to cooperate on economic, energy and cultural issues.
“We have challenges that are deeply shared,” Boric said at a joint news conference with the center-left Argentina president in Buenos Aires. Boric, a leftist, traveled to Argentina on Sunday along with a business and cultural delegation. Chile is Argentina’s fifth-largest trading partner and one of its main investors.
Boric is travelling to Buenos Aires with a large delegation: five of his ministers while be travelling, including Foreign Minister Antonia Urrejola and Defence Minister Maya Fernández. The presidents of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, the president of the Supreme Court and six businessmen from important Chilean business associations will also travel. –Agencies