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Secretary Rubio’s Meeting with Chile’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Pérez Mackenna
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Secretary Rubio's Meeting with Chile's Minister of Foreign Affairs Pérez Mackenna
The below is attributable to Spokesperson Tommy Pigott:
Secretary Rubio met today with Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs Francisco Pérez Mackenna in Washington, D.C. for their first bilateral meeting. The two leaders discussed regional security cooperation, including efforts to combat mass and illegal immigration and transnational criminal organizations, and reaffirmed their commitment to support democratic governance in our hemisphere, including in Bolivia. The Secretary and Foreign Minister also discussed opportunities to advance U.S. investment in Chile's critical minerals sector and ways to counter adversarial influence in critical infrastructure.
The Secretary welcomed Chile's recent signing of the Pax Silica Declaration and both expressed commitment to deepening cooperation on AI supply chain security under the initiative.
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