The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, the European Commissioner for Trade, Maroš Sefčovič, and the Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alberto van Klaveren, took the pulse of EU/Chile relations on Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 November in Brussels, as the partners began provisional application of their renewed political and trade cooperation frameworks in 2025 (see EUROPE 13656/22, 13081/19).
The EU and Chile are in lockstep on international policy issues: defending the rule of law and multilateralism, promoting a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, unimpeded access for humanitarian aid to Gaza, and actively combating climate change.
They believe that the crises linked to climate, biodiversity loss, soil degradation and pollution constitute an “existential threat”, in their joint declaration adopted at the end of the discussions. And to welcome the results of COP30, including the consensus on the need for a “collective global response” to ensure that the objective of limiting temperature increase to 1.5°C remains “within reach” (see EUROPE 13758/6).
The two partners intend to strengthen their cooperation in research and innovation at a time when Chile is hosting the ground-based astronomy facilities of the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
As part of the Global Gateway initiative, the EU will continue to support Chile through initiatives in renewable hydrogen production, the Copernicus regional centre in Latin America and initiatives linked to sustainable value chains for critical raw materials.
See the joint declaration: https://aeur.eu/f/jrf (Original version in French by Mathieu Bion)