President Pratibha Patil reaches Chile

After completing her successful tour of Brazil and Mexico, President Pratibha Patil, on her third and final leg of visit to Latin American countries reached Chile?s Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport, Santiago on aboard Air India?s special aircraft late on sunday .

Santiago: After completing her successful tour of Brazil and Mexico, President Pratibha Patil, on her third and final leg of visit to Latin American countries reached Chile?s Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport, Santiago on aboard Air India?s special aircraft late on sunday .

At the airport, Indian ambassador at Santiago Susmita G Thomas received President, even as Indian children standing in a row offered flowers and greeted her. During her three-day visit in Chile, India would be signing four agreements with Chile, including one on air services links, science, sports and Antarctica.

President Pratibha will also have summit talks with her counterpart Veronica Michelle Bachelet Jeria today. University of Chile will confer an honorary degree on her.

Besides having talks with the leader of the Senate and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Chile, the President will also address the Indo-Chilean Chamber of Commerce.

Talking to media, Nalin Suri, Secretary (West), said that relations between India and Chile have gained a new momentum after the visit of Chile President Ricardo Lagos to New Delhi in January 2005.

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