Gabriel Boric Accepts Patricia Bullrich’s Apology: A Diplomatic Incident Resolved

2024-04-18 00:22:06

Gabriel Boric accepted Patricia Bullrich’s apology

President of Chile, Gabriel Boricpublicly accepted this Wednesday with the apology offered by Argentina’s Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrichafter the official said members of the terrorist group Hezbollah were in Iquique, a northern town in the neighboring country.

“Apologies have been accepted and we will consider the situation later”the president of the trans-Andean country expressed in his account on the social network X.

However, in the previous paragraphs of his message he maintained the firm position he has shown for some time and which led his government to present a formal protest in front of the Argentine embassy in Santiago, Chile.

“If an authority from another country had a history of illegal activities in our part, The answer is to raise it diplomatically, not through the press. My duty as the President of the Republic is to protect the name and institutional gravity of Chile in all cases,” Boric warned in his publication.

And he added, starting the conciliatory tone: “To fight transnational organized crime we need permanent cooperation between Statesand that is exactly what we promote from Chile.”

Hours before, Chile’s Minister of the Interior, Carolina Toháaccepted the “apologies” given by Bullrich during a conversation they had this afternoon.

“ A little while ago I received a call from Minister Patricia Bullrich who expressed her apologies because of the way this was raised,” he said from the neighboring country’s National Congress.

In that call, the official reported that the minister of Argentina “He made it clear that there is no history of any immediate threat to the country in this matter”.

In addition, Tohá reported that the two officers agreed “enhancing better cooperation between countries to address the challenges of security and organized crime”.

“We consider it over, I accepted those excuses and We consider the issue resolved and closed.“, he said.

he Minister of security Argentina also issued a statement clarifying that Bullrich did not intend to “generate fear or intimidation” in the neighboring country.

The protest note sent by the trans-Andean government was delivered to the Chancellor of the Argentine Embassy in Chile, Javier Lareo, an action announced by Boric himself on Tuesday.

“I demand respect for our country (…) Chile does not protect any terrorist group, neither in its territory nor outside it,” said the head of state sharply.

Another person who targeted Bullrich was the deputy minister of the Interior of that country, i.e. Manuel Monsalve. This Wednesday, before the apology, he considered that the statements of the Minister of Security seemed to have the purpose of “damaging the image” of Chile.

“Similarly, in the last few days, some senators of the United States and the Minister of the Interior of Argentina have raised questions regarding terrorist organizations. Very casual, very coincidental, it even seems very telling. I wonder if the purpose of this provocation is the security of the continent or not damage the image of the country“, Shooting.

Bullrich implied that Hezbollah has “cells” in the Iquique region and that “they were discovered last year, but two escaped to San Pablo.” That is why, in his first reactions, Boric demanded that they be delivered to the corresponding authorities in justice and that they be informed if there were “serious premonitions.”