Chilean President visits India

Chilie: Chilean President, Michelle Bachelet, was due in India yesterday on an invitation by her counterpart, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, the Chilean Foreign Ministry has confirmed.

The visit is considered important as it coincides with the 60th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Chile and India.

She will meet with president Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as well as the chancellor, the leader of the opposition and president of the National Indian Congress Party as well as governors of the states of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Through her visit Bachelet aims to "strengthen economic and trade ties in the spheres of education, science and technology," informed the director general of Foreign Policy of the Chancellery, Juan Pablo Lire who accompanies the president.

He informed that authorities of both countries will sign cooperation agreements in renewable energy, education, geology and mineral resources, exploration and use of space for peaceful purposes, agricultural innovations, information technologies, trade and investments.

Santiago de Chile, Prensa Latina