The Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alberto Van Klaverenexpressed this Sunday Chile's gratitude for the numerous expressions of solidarity it has received after the most serious fire in its recent history and noted that they are evaluating the needs to have a clear idea of what type of international aid it would be appropriate to request.
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In a statement recorded by the Foreign Ministry itself, the head of Chilean diplomacy insisted, however, that the priority is still “fight fire and save lives.”
“In these difficult times that the country is experiencing, I would like to thank on behalf of the Government of Chile all the expressions of sympathy, solidarity, and support that we are receiving from friendly countries and international organizations,” he stated.
“We feel that solidarity and that support and it encourages us to continue working. As a Government, the priority at this time is to fight the fire and save human lives but a list is also being prepared that includes specific needs that may also appeal to international aid “he added.
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In line with this argument, he specified that they will inform “these needs as soon as possible to friendly countries in order to be able to channel the international aid that they are so generously” offering them, he noted.
According to the latest balance of victims, At least 112 people have lost their lives in a chain of forest fires that broke out on Friday in the Lake Peñuelas Park, 80 kilometers west of Santiago de Chile and that reached various neighborhoods and towns in the coastal cities of Valparaíso and Viña del Mar.
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It is, according to what the President of the Republic, Gabriel Boric, said this Sunday at the epicenter of the tragedy, the greatest misfortune to shake the country since the deadly earthquake of 2010.
EFE
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