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President Gabriel Boric met this Thursday in Washington with the president of the United States. Joe Biden, in the Oval Room of the White House. From their meeting, Boric highlighted the reference he made about the war between Israel and Hamas. “We can say that without a doubt the response has been disproportionate, that international humanitarian law is being violated and what is happening in the Gaza Strip is simply unacceptable,” the Chilean president said at a press conference.
Boric added “I do not hesitate for a second to condemn in the most energetic and categorical way the terrorist attacks by Hamas,” demanding the release of all the hostages that both sides have taken.
Likewise, he also expressed his concern about the number of civilian victims that the conflict in the Gaza Strip has left. “We choose humanity and both these attacks by Hamas have no justification and deserve global condemnation and what Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is doing today also deserves our clearest condemnation,” he said.
And he added that “the right of a state to defend itself has limits and those limits are respecting the lives of innocent civilians and mainly children and international humanitarian law.”
“The great powers undoubtedly have an important role. We from our country have raised our position that is consistent with what we have maintained throughout our government, unrestricted respect for human rights, regardless of which government violates us,” Boric declared.
Among the other topics discussed with the US president, he highlighted the bilateral economic agenda and the sanctions that Washington maintains against Venezuela and Cuba.. Boric highlighted the values that both countries share, such as “concern for human rights, democracy, and also the rights of workers in the world.”
