Chile apologized for the diplomatic incident with the new Israeli ambassador

The Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile called the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was informed that the Israeli ambassador will present his letter of commitment to President Buritz on September 30. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs: following the apology, the call of reprimand to the ambassador of Chile that was planned for today was canceled

Barak Ravid

09/18/2022

Sunday, September 18, 2022, 07:16 Updated: 07:48

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Apologize for the embarrassing incident.

President of Chile Gabriel Borich (Photo: Reuters, Ivan Alvarado)

The Acting Foreign Minister of Chile, Jimena Fuentes, called yesterday (Saturday) to the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alon Oshfiz and apologized for the fact that Israel's ambassador-designate to Chile, Gil Artzeali, did not submit his memorandum of understanding on Thursday as scheduled. The phone call was cancelled. The Chilean ambassador's reprimand call that was scheduled for today.

According to Fuentes, the ambassador will submit his letter of credence to Chilean President Gabriel Borich on September 30. The Chilean official also emphasized that ties with Israel are important to Chile and that they are interested To

keep them.

The CEO told his interlocutor that he welcomes the fact that she called to apologize, as this was a serious incident that could have caused serious damage to relations between Israel and Chile.

The CEO further commented that those who wish to play a positive role in promoting peace and negotiations, as Chile stated in a press release published last night, cannot at the same time promote a boycott of Israel.

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