The Chilean president expects the G20 "better results" than in the APEC meeting
The president of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, confirmed today that he will attend the G20 Summit on Friday and Saturday in Buenos Aires and stated that he expects the appointment of the most developed countries in the world to give "better results" than those of the recent meeting. of APEC in Papua New Guinea.
"I will have the opportunity to participate in the G20, the summit of the largest and most powerful economies in the world." Important issues will be discussed with the presence of presidents of the US, China, and Russia, important issues for Chile. , how to put an end to this tariff and commercial war between China and the US that is causing damage to the whole world, "he said.
"I go to the G20 as a representative of all Chileans and therefore, I am going to worry that the issues that interest Chile are present and move forward in this summit," Piñera told reporters, after inaugurating in the outskirts of Santiago a new distribution center of a retail chain.
The Chilean president, who attends the G20 at the invitation of his Argentine counterpart, Mauricio Macri, stressed his desire for that summit to end "with positive results, because we know that the last APEC Summit (Forum of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) in Papua New Guinea did not give good results. "
"We have to correct the course so that this summit will be beneficial for all Chileans," added Piñera, who at the APEC meeting called on the United States and China to end their trade war "because it hurts us all."
He also stressed that he expects progress on other issues, such as climate change. "We will have, I hope, great progress on climate change and not continue on the suicide path of not realizing that what is not at risk is the planet Earth, but the permanence of man on the planet."
He also stressed that "how best to take advantage of the technological revolution, to be for the benefit of people and better jobs, as well as advance" in the fight against corruption and full equality between men and women.
He also announced that he will meet with most of the world leaders present on Friday and Saturday, "probably with everyone." With some of them we already have formal meetings scheduled, but we are going to talk with everyone, "he remarked.
Macri's invitation to Piñera had been previously confirmed by Chilean Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero, who assured that Chile "is heard with respect" in multilateral forums.
This is because "it is a country that has made a considerable development, recognized, in the last 35-40 years in economic, commercial, modernization, export diversification and because it is a very stable country also in economic terms, responsible in terms financial, gives guarantees, "he said.
Obviously, he clarified, "there are economies that are gigantic and others that are smaller, but each one of those who are, some in their own right and those who are invited, are listened to in the same way, Chile in that sense has no doubt ", he stressed.
He pointed out that Chile's idea at the G20 Summit "is to keep raising the voice in defense of free trade and multilateralism, as it was done in the APEC Summit" and considered that what is important in the G20 "is that there the countries have the opportunity to make his voice known. "
