This treaty was signed in 1984 thanks to the mediation of John Paul II and avoided an armed conflict over the Beagle Channel dispute.
Pope Francis led an event in the Vatican for the 40th anniversary of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Argentina and Chiliwhich was signed in 1984 thanks to the mediation of John Paul II and avoided an armed conflict over the Beagle Channel dispute. Argentine Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein did not attend the meeting.
This Monday, Pope Francis asked that this historic agreement be seen as “a model to imitate” in the face of current conflicts: “It deserves to be proposed in the current situation of the world, in which so many conflicts persist and worsen.”
In this context, he called on the international community to follow the path of dialogueusing as examples of human pain the current conflicts in Ukraine and Palestinewhere “the arrogance of the invader takes precedence over dialogue.” And he condemned the hypocrisy of nations that talk about peace while prioritizing the arms industry.
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Gerardo Werthein did not travel to the ceremony led by Pope Francis for the 40 years of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship with Chile
Gerardo Werthein, brand new Chancellor of the libertarian administrationwas going to have his debut as an Argentine representative in a audience in the Vatican which was held to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Argentina and Chile. However, the official was absent. The mistake is attributed to the tensions that were generated between Javier Milei and the president of Chile, Gabriel Boricduring the summit of the G20 carried out in Brazil.
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On the part of the Government, according to the newspaper La Nación, the official justification for the failure was “scheduling problems.” Werthein’s decision generated surprise in the Vatican because the hearing will be chaired by the Pope Francis and the Chilean Foreign Minister, Alberto van Klaveren, He had already confirmed his presence.
According to the media, the government of Javier Milei informed the Secretariat of State of the Holy See that Werthein could not be present at the ceremony that took place in the Sala Regia of the Vatican. Despite citing “scheduling problems,” the absence is influenced by the tense intersection that, as it turned out, they had Boric and the libertarian leader during the last G20 summit.
In detail, the Vatican will commemorate the signing of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Argentina and Chile, which was the result of the mediation of John Paul II (Supreme Pontiff from 1978 to 2005) in the midst of a strong dispute between the two countries over the Beagle conflict. The agreement took place on November 29, 1984 and avoided what could have been a war between both States.
On behalf of Chile, the Chancellor was present van Klaveren. The news was received with surprise in the Secretariat of State of the Holy See since it will make the commemoration homogeneous due to the disparity in representation between the two delegations.
Source: Ambito
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