Chile President Boric: Historical visit to Antarctic!

Chile President Boric: Historical visit to Antarctic!

Antarktis, Chile - The Chilean President Gabriel Boric was the first head of state from Latin America to attend Antarctica, a step that attracts international attention. Together with the Minister of Defense and Environment and Ranger High Military representatives, he traveled to the Chilean research station at the Unión Glacier. Then they flew with machines from the Air Force to the US research station Amundsen-Scott, which underlines the importance of the visit to Chile's scientific activities in the region, as the Presidential Office announced, so vienna.at .

chile claims to areas in the Antarctic, which are considered unlawful by the United States. According to the 1959 Antarctic Treaty, military activities within the continent are prohibited in order to avoid claims for possessions. However, the Chilean government has not given up its sovereign claims in the region. According to the concept of tricontinity, Chile practices sovereignty over areas in America, Oceania and Antarctic, which is crucial for the design of his foreign policy. The demands on the Antarctisterritry, which extends between the length levels 53 ° W and 90 ° W and between 60 ° and 90 ° S and an area of ​​over 1.25 million square kilometers, are a central component of this geopolitics, such as wikipedia emphasized.

In the Antarctic, Chile has already founded one of the two civil settlements, Villa Las Estrellas, which has all the necessary social institutions. This visit to Boric could reinforce the geopolitical commitment of Chile in the region and have re -sparked the diplomatic tensions about territorial demands in Antarctica, which makes the need for clear international regulations for these controversial areas.