- Title: FRANCE-CHILE/HOLLANDE France's Hollande meets with Chilean President Bachelet
- Date: 8th June 2015
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (JUNE 8, 2015) (AGENCY POOL) CHILEAN PRESIDENT, MICHELLE BACHELET, WALKING WITHIN COURTYARD OF THE ELYSEE, GREETED BY FRENCH PRESIDENT, FRANCOIS HOLLANDE
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- Location: France
- Country: France
- Topics: General
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- Story Text: Chilean president Michelle Bachelet began a two-day official visit to France aimed at boosting economic exchanges between the two countries.
Bachelet met with French President Francois Hollande on Monday (June 8) at Elysee Palace, where she was attending an official dinner organised in her honour.
"I am ending the climate conference because Chile supports us and it's very important to have their assistance. I am coming from the G7 summit where there were very precise commitments which were taken - let's say the richest in the world with objectives that were the highest that we could set for the reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases. We now have the task of mobilizing the financing," Hollande said at a joint news conference for the leaders.
"Chile and France are working on innovative financing, because France is assuming the presidency of the working group -- with Chile, the secretary general -- and innovative financing is particularly useful, on the one hand, for the climate and for the funds we will need to put together, but equally for development. The secretary general of the UN is going to organise during the General Assembly a summit we're calling "Agenda Post-2015", which is precisely about development," he added.
French authorities hope to develop trade with Chile especially in the energy sector, infrastructure and water industry.
Bachelet, whose popularity at home has sunked to an all-time low amid scandals involving money in politics, promised more transparency and accountability.
"I also shared with President Hollande the path our government has taken to strengthen our political system with new laws and guidelines that promote transparency and integrity to enhance our service and recover citizens' trust and that's a road that requires making decisions and necessary measures to advance in the areas of transparency, integrity and anti-corruption," she said.
Left-leaning Bachelet led Chile, the world's top copper producer, from 2006-2010 and took office for a second term in March 2014. - Copyright Holder: POOL (CAN SELL)
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