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Chile's Foreign Affairs Minister, Alberto van Klaveren, emphasized the significance of India as a partner for Chile, admiring its growth, culture, and civilization. He highlighted the potential to expand ties through the Chile-India Summit 2024, aiming to strengthen economic and political relations. Chile's objective is to advance to a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with India, having already completed necessary studies and analyzed terms of reference. Van Klaveren expressed confidence in initiating negotiations, acknowledging the time-consuming process, but hoping for a successful outcome to enhance mutual relations.

On Indian-Chile ties, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Chile, Alberto van Klaveren says, "I think it's (India) a very important partner for Chile. We admire India for its growth, for its culture and for its civilization, and we think that there is a big potential to expand our ties with India. Precisely, the purpose of this meeting, Chile-India Summit 2024 is to strengthen our ties with India, both in economic and also in political terms. We hope very much that we can strengthen our mutual relations... Our objective with respect to India is to advance to a CEPA agreement. We have already made the necessary studies for that. We have also analyzed the terms of reference and we hope that the next step will be the initiation of negotiations. We know that it takes time but we are confident that we are going to be successful."