President Gabriel Boric criticized the installation of an Argentine military base in Patagonia that has solar panels in Chilean territory, ensuring that they must later remove them from Chilean territory or “we are going to do it ourselves.”
At a press point in the middle of his tour in Europe, the President revealed that “we received an apology from the Argentine Foreign Ministry” for the creation of the “Hito 1 Maritime Traffic Surveillance and Control Post” inaugurated in April, which Although it has its installation in Argentine territory, it has a part – specifically solar panels – that is on Chilean soil.
Despite the apology, he added that he is upset with the situation. given that “borders are not something that can be ambiguous and is a basic principle of respect between countries.”
“Therefore, they must remove these solar panels as soon as possible or we are going to do it,” clarified Boric, who also indicated that he believes that “we are not going to have problems in this regard.”
“It is a misleading signal, a signal that we do not like and, therefore, what we demand is that this be resolved in the shortest possible time and I insist: if not, we are going to do it,” he concluded.
Argentina will withdraw “in the next few hours”
After President Boric’s ultimatum, Argentina reacted and announced that they will remove “in the next few hours” the solar panels installed in Chilean territory.
As detailed Infobae, the decision will be announced this Monday by Chancellor Diana Mondino and the Minister of Defense, Luis Petri. It is an Argentine base that was installed in the Magallanes region and transferred to Chilean territory by three meters.