Chile's President Gabriel Boric holds talks with PM Modi; Antarctica, copper and disaster-management pacts signed
Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House on 1 April 2025 during his first State visit to India, and the two sides exchanged four documents including a Letter of Intent on Antarctica cooperation.
Summary
Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font held bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House, New Delhi, on 1 April 2025, during a State visit to India from 1 to 5 April 2025 that marks 76 years of diplomatic relations, established in 1949. It is President Boric's first visit to India; apart from New Delhi, he is visiting Agra, Mumbai and Bengaluru. The outcomes listed by the Prime Minister's Office are a Letter of Intent on Antarctica cooperation, an India-Chile Cultural Exchange Programme, an MoU between Chile's National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response (SENAPRED) and India's National Disaster Management Authority, and an MoU between CODELCO and Hindustan Copper Ltd. President Boric announced a Multiple Entry Permit for Indian businesspersons, and the two leaders agreed to deepen cooperation across the critical minerals value chain. The joint statement also recalled the expansion of the India-Chile Preferential Trade Agreement in May 2017.
Key facts
- Visit
- State visit, 1-5 April 2025; talks at Hyderabad House on 1 April
- Visitor
- President Gabriel Boric Font, his first visit to India
- Occasion
- 76 years of diplomatic relations (established 1949)
- Documents
- Antarctica LoI; Cultural Exchange Programme; SENAPRED-NDMA MoU; CODELCO-HCL MoU
- Visa step
- Chile's Multiple Entry Permit for Indian businesspersons
- Trade pact
- India-Chile PTA expanded in May 2017
Practice MCQs 3 questions
India and Chile signed an MoU between Hindustan Copper Ltd. and which Chilean company during President Gabriel Boric's State visit in April 2025?
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Correct answer: B — CODELCO
PIB (PMO), list of outcomes: one of the four documents was an MoU between CODELCO and Hindustan Copper Ltd. (HCL).
Consider the following statements about Chilean President Gabriel Boric's State visit to India in April 2025: 1. It marked 76 years of India-Chile diplomatic relations. 2. It was President Boric's first visit to India. 3. A Letter of Intent on Antarctica cooperation was among the outcomes. Which of the statements given above are correct?
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Correct answer: D — 1, 2 and 3
PIB (PMO): the visit commemorated 76 years of diplomatic relations, it was President Boric's first visit to India, and a Letter of Intent on Antarctica Cooperation was listed among the outcomes. All three statements are correct.
Which Indian body signed a disaster-management MoU with Chile's SENAPRED during the April 2025 State visit?
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Correct answer: C — National Disaster Management Authority
PIB (PMO), list of outcomes: an MoU was signed between Chile's National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response (SENAPRED) and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).